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Table 4 Topics discussed in advance care planning (ACP)

From: Family caregivers’ concerns about advance care planning for home-dwelling people with dementia: a cross-sectional observational study in Japan

Of the 155 who initiated ACP

N (%)

The point at which the person would accept the need to enter residential care

105 (67.7)

Important roles in the community and values

65 (41.9)

The person’s habits and preferences

60 (38.7)

Social activities the person would like to continue

45 (29.0)

Social relationships the person would like to maintain

39 (25.2)

Implementation of tube feeding when the person can no longer safely take food or fluid orally

39 (25.2)

Application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or transfer to an emergency department when breathing or heart stops

34 (21.9)