Advance care planning (ACP) is growing in importance in the global agenda for dementia care. The European Association for Palliative Care Taskforce (EAPC) on ACP in Dementia aimed to provide recommendations for policy initiatives and future research. We conducted a four-round Delphi study with a 33-country panel of 107 experts between September 2021 and June 2022 and approval by the EAPC Board. Consensus was ac...
This paper examines the provision of integrated advanced dementia care within seven European countries and critically reviews the potential contribution of the Prudent Healthcare perspective as a starting point for reform. Progressive efforts to innovate, promote quality and integrate care are tempered with the reality of resource constraints. Some policy makers in Europe and North America have turned their att...