Only 1 in 3 Australians have planned end-of-life care
And just 3% of general practice patients have completed an advance care directive
12th February 2019
Just one in three older Australians have an advance care directive (ACD), with the uptake of future care planning especially low in general practices, a study of health records shows.
About 30% of patients aged over 65 have an ACD included in their health records, in the study of data from 51 Australian hospitals, aged care facilities and GP clinics, across six states and territories.
Patients most likely to have an ACD were those in residential care, where almost half had a completed document on file, compared with 16% in hospitals
