Decision aids are often used to assist individuals confronted with a diagnosis of a serious illness to make decisions about treatment options. However, they are rarely utilised to help those with chronic or age related conditions to make decisions about care services. Decision aids should also be useful for carers of people with decreased decisional capacity. These carers' choices must balance health outcomes for themselves and for salient others with relational and value-based concerns, while relying on information from health professionals. This decision aid is aimed at assisting carers to make evaluative judgements of community services, particularly respite care.
History
Department/School
School of Zoology
Publisher
The Print Centre
Publication status
Published
Place of publication
Hobart
Rights statement
Copyright June 2009 Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania ISBN: 9780-646-51659-2