TY - JOUR T1 - Nursing home staff should ensure that advance treatment decisions are discussed with residents and relatives JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 128 LP - 128 DO - 10.1136/eb-2016-102406 VL - 19 IS - 4 AU - Lori Rietze Y1 - 2016/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/19/4/128.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Bollig B, Gjengedal E, Rosland JH. They know!-Do they? A qualitative study of residents and relatives views on advance care planning, end-of-life care, and decision-making in nursing homes. Palliat Med 2016;30:456–70.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedOrganisational policies for advance treatment decisions should be established.It is important to engage in advance treatment discussions within nursing homes.Communication arenas should be explored to promote advance treatment discussions.Study findings should be tested in other countries.The aim of this paper was to study the views of cognitively able Norwegian nursing home residents and relatives relating to advance care planning (ACP), end-of-life care and decision-making. The authors identify that nursing homes are settings in which a large majority of residents are cognitively impaired and many people receive … ER -