Asking Older Adults With Impaired Cognition and Care Partners About Serious Illness Experiences Can Elicit Goals of Care During Advance Care Planning

Glory H. Thai, Valecia Hanna, Peiyuan Zhang, Chase Mulholland Green, John Cagle, Jennifer L. Wolff, Martha Abshire Saylor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Maryland School of Social Work, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

Published online on August 13, 2025

Abstract

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BackgroundSerious illness experiences, i.e. experiencing critical illness personally or through close ones, often influence end-of-life goals of care. Little is known about how older adults with cognitive impairment respond to serious illness experience ...