The effectiveness of Advance Care Planning (ACP) training for care home staff: an updated systematic review

Barber-Fleming, Victoria, Mann, Mala, Mead, Gillian and Gleeson, Aoife 2023. The effectiveness of Advance Care Planning (ACP) training for care home staff: an updated systematic review. Journal of Long-Term Care 2023 , 273–287. 10.31389/jltc.225

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Abstract

Context: Population ageing and projections that more people will die in care homes demand that care home staff are prepared for advance care planning (ACP). This is an update of a prior review, published in 2021, of ACP education interventions for healthcare professionals in care homes. Objective: We sought to address the questions: (1) What ACP education interventions exist for care home staff? and (2) How effective are these interventions? Method: The review adheres to PRISMA; PROSPERO (ID: CRD42022337865). Original research evaluating ACP education for care home staff, reporting any measurable outcome of effectiveness, was included. Extensive literature searches were performed from March 2018 to June 2022. The results were reported by narrative synthesis. Findings: We identified 10 studies (310 care homes), from the UK, Belgium, Norway and Canada. Major sources of heterogeneity between studies include intervention design, target population and outcome measure. More recent interventions target the wider multi-disciplinary team. There is a trend towards the adoption of more resident/family and staff-related outcomes. There was insufficient evidence to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of ACP education interventions. Limitations: Heterogeneity of the primary studies did not allow for meta-analysis. Implications: There is still insufficient data to determine the effectiveness of ACP education interventions for care home staff. Future researchers should aim to agree on outcomes that are specific to ACP education interventions for care home staff and develop standardised, validated outcome measures. Study design should consider an intervention’s ‘theory of change’ when considering outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Academic & Student Support Service
Publisher:	International Long Term Care Policy Network
ISSN:	2516-9122
Funders:	Marie Curie Cancer Care core grant
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 November 2023
Date of Acceptance:	27 September 2023
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163687

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