A randomised trial of a Carer End of Life Planning Intervention (CELPI) in people dying with dementia

痴呆症是澳大利亚第二大死因。虽然姑息治疗有助于个人避免生命末期的痛苦和徒劳的干预，但死于痴呆症的人中只有6%得到了这种治疗。许多老年痴呆症患者在生命的最后一年去急诊科。在CELPI中，我们将尝试利用ED访问的机会作为触发因素，为参与者实施护理教育、获得姑息治疗和正式规划流程的三重机制。

Dementia is the second highest cause of death in Australia. Although palliative care helps individuals avoid suffering and futile interventions at the end of life, only 6% of people that die of dementia receive such care. Many older people with dementia attend an ED in their final year of life. In CELPI we will trial using that opportunity of an ED visit as the trigger to implement a triad of carer education, access to palliative care and a formal planning process for participants.