Presence and type of ACP documentation completed by persons with dementia, or someone on behalf of the person with dementia, in each heath and aged care setting and overall (n=1388)
| Presence of ACP documentation | GP N (%) | Hospital N (%) | RACF N (%) | Overall N (%) |
| No ACD or advance care plan | 14 (70) | 105 (78.4) | 425 (34.4) | 544 (39.2) |
| Self-completed ACD* | 5 (25.0) | 21 (15.7) | 412 (33.4) | 438 (31.6) |
| Statutory ACD—care preferences† | 2 (10.0) | 3 (2.2) | 92 (7.5) | 97 (7.0) |
| Statutory ACD—SDM† | 4 (20.0) | 19 (14.2) | 217 (17.6) | 240 (17.3) |
| Non-statutory ACD† | 2 (10.0) | 2 (1.5) | 164 (13.3) | 168 (12.1) |
| ACP documentation completed by healthcare provider or family member only* | 1 (5) | 8 (6) | 397 (32.2) | 406 (29.3) |
*A participant with both self-completed documentation and documentation completed by someone else was classified as only having self-completed documentation as self-completed documentation is accorded more weight from a legal perspective.
†A participant could have more than one of these documents.
ACD, advance care directive; ACP, advance care planning; GP, general practice; RACF, residential aged care facility; SDM, substitute decision maker.