Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is critical for older adults with heart failure;
however, patient-level and clinician-level barriers exist. Although a group visit (GV) …

Outcomes 1. Achieve baseline understanding of group visits for older adults patients, what
they entail, and what outcomes have been observed in the literature 2. Understand the role …

Objective Advance care planning (ACP) is critically important for heart failure patients, yet
important challenges exist. Group visits can be a helpful way to engage patients and …

Background: Group visits have the potential to help patients identify their health care values
and engage in the emotionally and cognitively challenging task of advance care planning …

BACKGROUND Early provider–patient communication about future care is critical for
patients with heart failure (HF); however, advance care planning (ACP) discussions are …

Introduction: Group visits for advance care planning (ACP) may help patients document
preferences for decision makers and future care. We assessed the impact of a primary care …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the extent to which physicians engage in recommended elements
of advance care planning (ACP) communication during outpatient clinic visits with heart …

Abstract Objective To explore FPs' self-perceived role in advance care planning (ACP) for
community-dwelling elderly patients, including the who, what, when, where, why, and how …

Objective To assess primary care patients' engagement in advance care planning (ACP)
and predictors of engagement. Design Cross-sectional survey using a revised version of a …

PURPOSE Primary care needs new models to facilitate advance care planning
conversations. These conversations focus on preferences regarding serious illness and may …