Tools for advance care planning, powers of attorney, supported decision-making and substitute decision-making
Advance care planning, powers of attorney, supported decision-making, substitute decision-making are important for everyone as they age but of increased importance and complexity when a diagnosis of dementia, or planning for the risk of dementia and cognitive decline, is involved.
This research makes a number of recommendations and provides tools and informative resources for the community, the aged care sector, financial institutions and government.
The Supported decision-making page describes a rights-based approach to decision-making for dementia and cognitive decline using the ‘social model of disability’, which identifies the root cause of disability as the failure of society to support and accommodate those with impairments (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).
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Advance care planning
This research project developed a substantial amount of resources on Advance Care Planning (ACP) for use in both home care and health care sectors.
Supported decision-making
Supported decision-making is a practice that enables people to make decisions about their own life and enabling the person to be involved in decisions that affect their care.
Financial Planning
This research project investigated the policies and practices of financial institutions in NSW with regards to substitute decision making instruments and in particular, powers of attorney.
Assessing independence
The ‘Living with dementia in the community’ project developed risk assessment tools for older people with cognitive and related functional decline to assist them or their healthcare professional to identify aspects of everyday functioning that are difficult or troublesome.
Our dementia research
The CDPC focuses on developing evidence-based guidelines and tools to implement best practice dementia care in the clinical, care and community environments on these themes: