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How to Implement Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review
Weiying Li, Yifan Wu, Dongpo Song, Shengze Zhi, Shizheng Gao, Shuyan Fang, Qiqing Zhong, Jiaxin Li et al.. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2025-07-22
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
The review included 45 studies and identified key components and processes for successfully implementing advance care planning in dementia care. These components include enhancing readiness, capturing patient wishes, and executing those wishes. The implementation processes cover assessing participation capacity, selecting surrogate decision-makers, and identifying healthcare providers who implement advance care planning. As the condition of people with dementia progresses, the role of healthcare providers who implement advance care planning becomes increasingly important in advance care planning practices. The success of advance care planning depends on the interconnection of multiple components, and the findings offer practical insights for improving the advance care planning process to ensure that the care preferences of people with dementia are respected throughout the progression of the disease. REPORTING
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APA 7th
Li, W., Wu, Y., Song, D., Zhi, S., Gao, S., Fang, S., et al. (2025). How to Implement Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70083
Vancouver
Li W, Wu Y, Song D, Zhi S, Gao S, Fang S, et al. How to Implement Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2025. doi:10.1111/jan.70083. PMID: 40693770.
BibTeX
@article{li2025-40693770,
author = {Li, Weiying and Wu, Yifan and Song, Dongpo and Zhi, Shengze and Gao, Shizheng and Fang, Shuyan and Zhong, Qiqing and Li, Jiaxin and others},
title = {{How to Implement Advance Care Planning for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review}},
journal = {Journal of Advanced Nursing},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1111/jan.70083},
pmid = {40693770},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70083}
}
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Key findings
- The review included 45 studies and identified key components and processes for successfully implementing advance care planning in dementia care.
- These components include enhancing readiness, capturing patient wishes, and executing those wishes.
- The implementation processes cover assessing participation capacity, selecting surrogate decision-makers, and identifying healthcare providers who implement advance care planning.
- As the condition of people with dementia progresses, the role of healthcare providers who implement advance care planning becomes increasingly important in advance care planning practices.
- The success of advance care planning depends on the interconnection of multiple components, and the findings offer practical insights for improving the advance care planning process to ensure that the care preferences of people with dementia are respected throughout the progression of the disease.
Why it matters
This review of 45 studies identified key components and processes for putting advance care planning into practice in dementia care. It does not test any treatment, cure or prevention.
Study details
- Participants45
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Advanced Nursing) |
| Journal's citation record | 3 / 4 | Journal of Advanced Nursing: journal h-index 262 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 45 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 1 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.3 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 1 / 6 | Cited 0.8× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 1 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Jiao Sun: h-index 30 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Jilin University: institution h-index 649 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40693770) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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