Facilitated case conferencing provides a structure to ensure a team approach involving the person with dementia and their family and the health professionals needed to assist with decision making and deliver care. Facilitated case conferencing:

• allows the person with dementia and their family to set the agenda for discussion
• embeds a person-centred approach based on each individual’s needs within decision-making and all aspects of care
• establishes a system that identifies when a person’s conditions changes and allows for timely review of goals of care to ensure support for current and changing needs
• helps create a culture of quality improvement that grows staff and family expertise and satisfaction in providing person-centred palliative care to persons with advanced dementia.

Last updated 08 December 2015