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Abstracts from the International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care, London, UK 22–24 June 2011

• International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care, London, UK 22–24 June 2011 (1 June, 2011) Free
• Honouring the informed choices of persons coming to the end of life (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Lynn Colorado
• Ensuring Quality and Choice in End of Life Care (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Williams
• Evolution of advance care planning in Australia – launching the new international advance care planning and end of life care society (1 June, 2011) Free

  W Silvester
• Gold standards framework annual meeting. Improving end of life care using gold standards framework (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Thomas, M Stobbart-Rowlands
• Talking it Thru: Program Engagement in ACP: International perspectives on advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Barwich, C Hoffmann, C Tayler, D Roberts
• Talking it Thru: Program Engagement in ACP: Who makes use of the enduring guardianship provisions in Tasmania (Australia) and what do they write on the forms? (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Thomas, M Ashby, R Thornton
• Talking it Thru: Program Engagement in ACP: Combining top-down and bottom-up change management strategies in implementation of ACP: the My Wishes program in South West Sydney, Australia (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Shanley, L Johnston, A Walker
• Talking it Thru: Program Engagement in ACP: A Gift to Your Family (1 June, 2011) Free

  D McGregor, P Porterfield, M Tolson
• Talking it Thru: Program Engagement in ACP: ACP in the New Zealand medicolegal context (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Moore, K Grundy
• Advance care planning in life limiting illness (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Judez, L Vivancos, C Antunez, M Quesada, A Novoa, L Feito, B Ogando
• Hoping for a cure and planning for end-of-life (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Robinson
• The impact on the place of death through advance care planning documentation in heart failure and end stage respiratory disease patients (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Chadwick, B Miller, S Russell
• Introducing advance care planning in community palliative care (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Sives, M A Cornbleet, S Murray
• Communication, communication, communication: On Your Marks, Get Set, Go! Piloting Advance Care Planning Education (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Russell, C Fowler
• Communication, communication, communication: Facilitating the public discussions of advance care planning with audio-visual media in taiwan – a action research (1 June, 2011) Free

  W Yang, C S Chao, G Chiu, P C Lin, Yih-Chyang Weng, Y M Kuo, Ya Lan Shih, Wei-Shu Lai
• Communication, communication, communication: Communication skills for advance care planning at end-of-life (1 June, 2011) Free

  H Campbell, S Lillyman, P Nicholson, J Fisher
• Communication, communication, communication: ‘We were here – Three persons' journeys of life’ (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Laidlaw
• So what? Getting theory into practice: Evidence Base of Advance Care Planning for Patients with Advanced Disease: research evidence leading to practical implementation (1 June, 2011) Free

  S N Davison
• ‘Good as Gold Workshop’ Use of advance care planning with the gold standards framework program: ‘Improving Advance Care Planning in Care Homes and other settings, as part of the Gold Standards Framework Training Programme (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Thomas, M Stobbart-Rowlands, L Giles
• ‘Good as Gold Workshop’ Use of advance care planning with the gold standards framework program: Advance care planning: the impact of law and public policy (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Chapman
• Advance care planning in the hospital setting: Dying in acute care (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Saul
• Advance care planning in the hospital setting: Bringing in care planning conversations for patients whose recovery is uncertain: learning from the AMBER care bundle (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Morris, L Briant, J Chidgey-Clark, S Shouls, I Carey, A Hopper, C Robinson
• Advance care planning in the hospital setting: Advance care planning influences patient's wishes for future medical treatments, and the nomination of surrogates (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Detering, A Hancock, M Reade, W Silvester
• Advance care planning in the hospital setting: Structured advance care planning and its impact on patients at end-of-life: a review (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Renton, K Detering, W Silvester
• Advance care planning in the hospital setting: How using secondary data sources can enhance our understanding of end-of-life care (1 June, 2011) Free

  N Bowtell, J Verne
• Advance care planning in palliative care practice: Making difficult conversations easier: the cards, the kit and the quill (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Fairbank
• Advance care planning in palliative care practice: Family members' views and experiences of discussing preferences and wishes for end-of-life care (1 June, 2011) Free

  G Horne, J Seymour, S Payne
• Advance care planning in palliative care practice: Palliative care: improving care at the coalface (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Giugni
• We hear what you say: Creating a Volunteer Training Program to support the Advance Care Planning Process (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Renton, K Detering, J Fletcher, J Davis, W Silvester
• We hear what you say: Government inquiries: why bother? (1 June, 2011) Free

  Y Luxford
• We hear what you say: Using former carers in training staff (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Burleigh, Amanda Thompsell, Norma Prior
• We hear what you say: What do journalists think about end-of-life care and advance care planning? A media insider's account of reporting from the front line of the end-of-life care debate in Australia (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Davies, W Silvester
• We hear what you say: Handing over the reins – establishing long term strategies for embedding advance care planning in rural and remote communities in Australia (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Ashley
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: An Eastern world view of advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  Edwin C Hui
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: Use of advance care planning – a European perspective (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Simón
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: Using stages of planning to improve the success of advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  B J Hammes, L A Briggs
• Launching an area-wide advance care planning campaign: Advance Care Planning: A Community Engagement Value Based Approach (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Robinson, T Fulton, D Collins, B Lacasse, A M Wren, L Myers, Judy Nicol, Jennifer Thompson
• Launching an area-wide advance care planning campaign: An Australian state's experience of implementing advance care planning: snapshots from Victorian health services (1 June, 2011) Free

  N Doran
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: ACP at Barwon health – a community program in a Victorian regional health service (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Mann
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: Making Person Centred Care A Reality (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Wigley, G Bailey
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: Advance directive (Living Will) completion and intention of completion rates in Alberta (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Wilson, J Cohen, S Aliyar
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: A complex regional intervention to implement Advance Care Planning in one town's nursing homes: results of and lessons learned from a controlled inter-regional feasibility study (1 June, 2011) Free

  J in der Schmitten, J S Rothärmel, S Rixen, B Hammes, L Briggs, K Wegscheider, G Marckmann
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: It's my life: influences on advance care planning conversations (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Russell
• Worldwide ACP - International ACP Perspectives and practices: Redefining the temporal framework for end-of-life planning: the planful self-advocacy model (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Kahana, B Kahana, L Lovegreen, J Kahana, J Brown
• International Practice: Advance care planning for GLBTI people: results of a state-wide survey (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Cartwright
• International Practice: The Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment in Case of Emergency (POLST-E) as an integral part of the patient advance directive: what are nursing home residents' preferences resulting from a facilitated advance care planning process? (1 June, 2011) Free

  G Marckmann, J S Rothärmel, B Hammes, L Briggs, A Mortsiefer, J in der Schmitten
• International Practice: Promoting advance care planning in Taiwan – a practical approach to Chinese culture (1 June, 2011) Free

  J G Hsieh, Y W Wang
• International Practice: Understanding the meaning of end-of-life discussions and related decisions among older South Asians living in East London: a qualitative inquiry (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Ramasamy Venkatasalu, J Seymour, T Arthur
• Advance care planning in the hospital & critical care unit: The evolving role of a ‘clinical ethicist’ (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Detering, W Silvester
• Advance care planning in the hospital & critical care unit: Can advance care planing offer an alternative to people contemplating euthanasia? (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Fullam, A Hancock, K Detering, J Davies, W Silvester
• National policy in England on advance care planning: Developing guidance in ACP for health and social care staff: experiences from the UK (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Seymour, C Henry, E Sherwen
• National policy in England on advance care planning: Introduction to the national (England) end of life care intelligence network website (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Verne South
• National policy in England on advance care planning: Core principles and guidance in relation to CPR status (1 June, 2011) Free

  R George, E Sherwen, C Regnard
• National policy in England on advance care planning: Pattern of hospital admission in the final year of life (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Lyons, J Verne
• Dementia/Mental Capacity Issues: The legal status of guardians in advance care planning in Australia (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Schyvens
• Dementia/Mental Capacity Issues: Advance care planning in dementia: great in theory, a challenge in practice (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Robinson, C Dickinson, C Bamford, C Exley, J Hughes
• Dementia/Mental Capacity Issues: Developing planning for the future in a memory service (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Burleigh, M Poppe
• Dementia/Mental Capacity Issues: The cost-benefits of end-of-life training in care homes with dementia patients (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Gandy, B Roe, B McClelland, S Ashton
• Dementia/Mental Capacity Issues: New insights into place of death for people with Alzheimer's disease, dementia and senility (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Verne, S Harris, D Ho
• Ethics, Philosophy & Spirituality: A model for ethical CPR decision-making (1 June, 2011) Free

  B Hayes
• Ethics, Philosophy & Spirituality: Rethinking the ethical foundation of advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Robinson
• Ethics, Philosophy & Spirituality: Patients', family members' and healthcare staffs' opinions about existential issues as a base for an educational intervention (1 June, 2011) Free

  I Henoch, E Danielson, S Strang, M Browall, C Melin-Johansson
• Ethics, Philosophy & Spirituality: Singapore nursing students' perceptions about spirituality and spiritual care: a qualitative study (1 June, 2011) Free

  L H Tiew, V Drury, D Creedy
• Abstract sessions: primary care: A Common Sense Approach to Improving Advance Care Planning: From Theory to Practice: A common sense approach to improving advance care planning using the ‘Plan-Do-Study-Act’ cycle (1 June, 2011) Free

  A Wilkinson, J Lynn
• Passion, persistence and pennies: examples of area wide strategic spread: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Advance Care Planning Educational Model (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Russell, C Fowler
• Passion, persistence and pennies: examples of area wide strategic spread: Passion, persistence and pennies (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Barwich, C Hoffmann, C Tayler, D Roberts
• Advance care planning campaign: starting up the conversation, the Canadian experience: Speak Up - A National Advance Care Planning Campaign in Canada (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Baxter, K Chow, L Hanvey
• Advance care planning campaign: starting up the conversation, the Canadian experience: A gift to your family (1 June, 2011) Free

  D McGregor, P Porterfield, M Tolson
• Let's talk about it: communication skills: Novel Teaching of Advance Care Planning Conversations for Family Doctors (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Corke, S Milnes
• Let's talk about it: communication skills: Let's talk about it: conversations in advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Beavan, C Fowler, S Russell
• Let's talk about it: communication skills: Novel Teaching of Advance Care Planning Conversations for Family Doctors (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Corke, S Milnes
• Catalysts for conversations: practical experience of advance care planning in the USA: Patient-Centered Worksheets for Advance Care Planning: Education for Patients and Guidance for Clinician Communication (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Pearlman
• Advance care in the community: Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in End-of-Life Decision Making: Is Advanced Care Planning the answer? (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Sneesby
• Advance care in the community: The three I's of advance care planning education: innovation, interdisciplinary and interactive (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Hoffmann
• Advance care in the community: Factors associated with community-based case managers' advance care planning practices (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Black
• Advanced Care Planning in Hospitals: Advanced care planning for people with motor neurone disease (1 June, 2011) Free

  G Smith
• Advanced Care Planning in Hospitals: Advance care planning in general practice (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Mann, D Neale
• Advanced Care Planning in Hospitals: The evolution of Austin health's ‘Statement of Choices’ (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Jackson, K Detering, W Silvester, A Hancock
• Advanced Care Planning in Hospitals: The role of the community volunteer in advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  G Threlkeld, B Bidstrup, J Downing
• Advanced Care Planning in Hospitals: Sharing stories: a place for aboriginal elders to tell their story, so their journey continues … (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Hawke, L Morris, M Wighton
• Palliative care/hospice: Life before death: Living Well, Leaving well (1 June, 2011) Free

  P W Lee, Lien Foundation
• Palliative care/hospice: A self-evaluation tool for advance care planning programs (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Blackford, A Street
• Elderly care: Hear the right story and finish up in country: learning lessons from Aboriginal Australians implementing Advance Care Planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Ray, A Street, J Blackford
• Elderly care: Making health choices; Part 1. Advance Care planning in aged care project. Setting the scene (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Jackson, R Sjanta, R Fullam, W Silvester
• Elderly care: The use of audience response system to promote advance care planning in community and veterans care home (1 June, 2011) Free

  Y Wang, J G Hsieh
• Elderly care: Preliminary results of a formal advance care planning program in voluntary welfare nursing homes in Singapore (1 June, 2011) Free

  C W Siew, Y Onn, M Koh, C M Gan, R Zainal, T W Ng, H Ismail
• Elderly care: A study to explore the experience of advanced care planning among family caregivers and relatives of people with advanced dementia (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Ashton, B Roe, B Jack, B McClelland
• Advance care planning – out goes paternalism, in comes consultative conversation (1 June, 2011) Free

  I Finlay
• Managing the quality of sleep among elderly patients using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Cheah, S Rajaram, E Cheah, N Sidek, M H Tan, F Fadillah, D Zheng, H Hamid
• Collaborative patient care model: comprehensive care coordination for geriatric population (1 June, 2011) Free

  A Mohanty
• Developing a culture of medication safety in the rural palliative care home setting New South Wales (NSW) Australia (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Short
• Launching ADVANCE care planning as a collabrative approach (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Fowler, A Bettany, J White, J Finch
• The end-of-life care for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 June, 2011) Free

  T R Chen, W Y Hu
• Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst: end-of-life attitudes of the elderly (1 June, 2011) Free

  B Kahana, E Kahana, L Lovegreen, J Brown
• Making health choices: advance care planning in aged care. Perception versus reality (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Sjanta, L Jackson, R Fullam, W Silvester
• Advance care planning in Japanese nursing homes (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Nishikawa, K Nakashima, H Miura, H Endo, K Toba
• Management of depression among the elderly patients in ward 3 Geriatric ward using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Cheah, S Rajaram, H C Chua, H L Ng, H M Tim, F Fadillah, D Zheng
• Managing functional decline among the elderly patients in ward 3 Geriatric ward using the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Cheah, S Rajaram, H C Chua, H L Ng, H M Tim, F Fadillah, D Zheng
• Managing the cognitive impairment of elderly patients using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Cheah, S Rajaram, H C Chua, H L Ng, H M Tim, S Cinnappan, S T Lim
• Advance care planning in Japanese nursing homes (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Nishikawa, K Nakashima, H Miura, H Endo, K Toba
• Delaying cognitive decline in nursing home residents with mentally stimulating and physical activities: a randomized controlled trial (1 June, 2011) Free

  S T Cheng, P Chow
• Sustainable ACP in aged care facilities with dedicated time and funding (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Neale, J Mann
• Effective measures towards satisfactory and enjoyable retirement period in Nigeria (1 June, 2011) Free

  B Imonikebe
• Deaths in older adults in England (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Verne, K Ruth, A Pring
• A survey of opinion regarding wishes toward the end-of-life among thai elderly (1 June, 2011) Free

  V Srinonprasert, A Kajornkijaroen, S Kornbongkotmart, R Praditsuwan
• Difference is opinion regarding end-of-life between older patients and their family, a Thai perspective (1 June, 2011) Free

  A Kajornkijaroen, V Srinonprasert, S Kornbongkotmart, R Praditsuwan
• An experience of a care home in northeastern Brazil (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Rebelo
• The survey of opinions regarding good death for geriatric patients from the perspectives of geriatric patients and physicians (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Kornbongkotmas, V Srinonprasert, A Kajornkitjaroen, R Praditsuwan
• Enhanced nursing aides for enhanced care in nursing homes (1 June, 2011) Free

  W K Tan, G Tan
• ‘Futility’ – let's put it out of its misery (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Saul
• Increase the qualities of hospice care in ICUs (1 June, 2011) Free

  Y M Tsai, L C Hnug, P Y Lee, S F Hsu
• The role of palliative and end-of-life clinical nurse specialist in accident and emergency and the acute medical unit (1 June, 2011) Free

  H Brockis
• Investigation on the use of advance directives for patients attending a hospital in Japan (1 June, 2011) Free

  H Miura, M Nishikawa, K Nakashima, Y J Hong, K Detering, D Jones, W Silvester
• Advance Care Planning (PEACE) for care home residents in an acute hospital setting: impact on ongoing advance care planning and readmissions (1 June, 2011) Free

  N Hayes, T Kalsi, C Steves, F Martin, J Evans, R Schiff, L Briant
• Variations in hospital death (1 June, 2011) Free

  A Osinowo, A Pring, J Verne
• Religious affiliation on end-of-life decisions in intensive care units (1 June, 2011) Free

  E Kleanthous
• Keeping Vigil in hospital – the impact of a care of the dying pathway on non-palliative care staff in an acute hospital setting (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Groves, J Hough, B Jack
• A critique of the NHS ADRT proforma (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Martin, L Sallnow
• Life before death: living well, leaving well (1 June, 2011) Free

  P W Lee
• Current status and physician's attitude toward advance care planning in hospice palliative care units in Japan (1 June, 2011) Free

  Y Kizawa, Y Shima, S Tsuneto
• Linking human rights with advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Tehan
• End-of-life PSP module in BC (1 June, 2011) Free

  C Clelland, D McGregor
• Reasons cited by ESRD patients and caregivers for withdrawal from hemodialysis (1 June, 2011) Free

  S N Two, W Y Hu, H T S Lee
• Palliative care services for advanced non-malignant lung diseases in Taiwan (1 June, 2011) Free

  T T Chan, M S Lin, C J Yu, J Y Hsu, J D Wang, Y H Yan, M Partridge, C R Chen
• Developing an advance care planning tool – opportunities and challenges (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Alleyne, J Vaughan, H Campbell
• Transferability of an ACP model across Australian community palliative care (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Blackford, A Street
• A psychological profile of middle-age cancer patients' terminal experience in hospice home care (1 June, 2011) Free

  H T Lee, W Y Wu, S C Hu
• Self-perceived burden to family in terminally ill cancer patients at palliative care unit in Japan: perspectives of patients (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Kishino, M Miyashita
• A critique of the NHS ADRT proforma (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Martin, L Sallnow
• ACP for dementia: a delphi study (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Sinclair, J Oyebode
• The efficacy of a teaching video program on postmortem care (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Y Kao, W Y Hu, H M Lo
• What do professionals experienced in delivering end-of-life care want to know about advance care planning (ACP)? (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Poultney, D Munday, S Maclaran, S Martin
• ACP: more than burial or cremation! (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Loney, J Willoughby, H Miller, S Russell, J Loney
• Communication towards the end-of-life: a novel way to enhance education (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Saward, O Spruyt, E Cook, C Pigott
• ACP is a national social movement – the effectiveness of life education programs for school children: a preliminary study (1 June, 2011) Free

  W S Lai, W P Yang, Y L Shih, H C Liu
• What challenges do CNSs experience when facilitating advance care planning? (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Boot
• Initial experience of training in palliative care (1 June, 2011) Free

  M Rebelo
• Using end-of-life care profiles to support advance care planning (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Gandy, B Roe, J Rogers
• The question of public support for assisted suicide or euthanasia in Canada (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Wilson, J Cohen, D Mohankumar
• Predicting deaths – estimating the proportion of deaths that are ‘unexpected’ (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Blackmore, J Verne, A Pring
• Geographical variation in Hospital Mortality – does where you live determine how you die? (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Lyons, J Verne
• Mortality and hospital admissions in the month before death (1 June, 2011) Free

  P Lyons, J Verne
• ‘I know I should, but I haven't’: advance care directive decision-making by baby boomers in South Australia (1 June, 2011) Free

  S Bradley
• Creating interest in ACP in a health group setting (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Denson, A McKinnon, S Scammell, C Dickins, L Meehan
• Self determination – not for everyone (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Binskin
• Introducing advance care planning in patients with advanced COPD (1 June, 2011) Free

  D Sives, A McKeown, D Raeside
• Decision-making process of executing advance directives among Taiwan cancer patients in the advanced stage (1 June, 2011) Free

  C L Yang, W Y Hu, H T S Lee, T R Chen
• Ethical and moral dilemmas caring for people who are dying: why we need to plan in advance (1 June, 2011) Free

  L Sneesby
• Opening electronically: raising spiritual awareness online (1 June, 2011) Free

  K Groves, C Baldry, B Smith, K Sumner
• State paternalism and individual autonomy in end-of-life care (1 June, 2011) Free

  J Verne
• Advocacy of advance care planning by social ecological model in Taiwan (1 June, 2011) Free

  Y R Chen, N Wang, Y W Wang
• Advance Care Planning (ACP) within a palliative approach for residential aged care (1 June, 2011) Free

  R Hudson