Advance Care Planning: Tying a Community Perspective to the National Conversation

“Research shows that the preferences of patients who engage in ACP are more likely to be known and followed, and ACP reduces the burden of medical decision-making among family members.2,3,4 Even with these benefits, few Americans, including older adults, have engaged in ACP.5 ”

My question is, why not? How do we get folks to put this higher up on their “to do” list?