Please find below Tharin Phenwan’s latest published article where he analysed discourses around Future Care Planning in Scottish Government dementia policies.
Article Highlights include:
- ACP helps individuals discuss and document future care preferences in case of terminal illness or incapacitation.
- ACP is important to protect the human rights of people with dementia (PwD).
- ACP uptake among PwD is low due to fluctuating mental capacity, forgetfulness, and lack of appropriate policy guidance.
- The study used Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis to investigate how Scottish dementia policies influence ACP process for PwD.
- Policies should define who supports PwD in the ACP process and emphasize the importance of ACP revision to accommodate PwD’s changing needs.
