Tools to support end-of-life care for aged care residents living with dementia

Tō tātou Reo advance care planning and the New Zealand Dementia foundation have been working together to support aged care residents living with dementia mate wareware.

Together we are promoting shared goals of care as a tool to support high-quality, person-centred, end-of-life and palliative care for aged care residents living with this condition.

Source: New Zealand Dementia Foundation

Our shared goals of care resources are tool one in a three-tool suite, which can be found on the nzdementia.org website.

Three tools – E toru nga taputapu (nzdementia.org)

Shared goals of care conversations are a way to help ensure aged care residents’ priorities are understood and respected. You can find out more here:

Shared goals of care – Whainga tahi o te hauora (nzdementia.org)

A video introduction to shared goals of care conversations, narrated by Tō tātou Reo advance care planning senior project manager Jane Goodwin, is available on the New Zealand Dementia Foundation website and YouTube (below):

Three Tools: Shared Goals of Care - YouTube.com (33.50mins)

Three Tools: Shared Goals of Care (YouTube.com)

A booklet on shared goals of care conversations has also been developed by the New Zealand Dementia Foundation and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, which you can access here:

Shared goals of care conversations booklet

Shared goals of care conversations booklet (PDF)

New Zealand Dementia Foundation

You can find more information about shared goals of care here:

Shared goals of care (myACP.org.nz)