Percentage of patients with dementia who have an advance care plan or surrogate decisions maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan AND Percentage of patients with dementia or their surrogate decision maker who received comprehensive counselling regarding ongoing palliation & symptom management, and end of life decisions within two years of initial diagnosis or assumption of care

Patients with dementia who 1) have an advance care plan or surrogate decisions maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan AND Patients with dementia or their surrogate decision maker who 2) received comprehensive counselling regarding ongoing palliation & symptom management, and end of life decisions within two years of initial diagnosis or assumption of care.

All patients with dementia

Patients who at time of intake had advanced dementia for whom there was no record of advance care planning or surrogate decision-maker prior to their admission.

Sanders, A. E., Nininger, J., Absher, J., Bennett, A., Shugarman, S., & Roca, R. (2017). Quality improvement in neurology: Dementia management quality measurement set update. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(5), 493-498. Schultz, S. K., Llorente, M. D., Sanders, A. E., Tai, W. A., Bennett, A., Shugarman, S., & Roca, R. (2020). Quality improvement in dementia care: Dementia management quality measurement set 2018 implementation update. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177(2), 175-181.

Appendix in Sanders, A. E., Nininger, J., Absher, J., Bennett, A., Shugarman, S., & Roca, R. (2017). Quality improvement in neurology: Dementia management quality measurement set update. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(5), 493-498.