Advance care planning in the prison setting

First published May 2018, updated July 2022 Peter Sayer reports from the 2018 American Geriatrics Society annual scientific meeting, Orlando, Florida.   The talk looked at how prisoners are among the US’s most rapidly ageing vulnerable patient populations, but very little research has sought to understand their healthcare needs. The resulting lack of evidence extends to advance care planning (ACP). ACP is the process of engaging with health professionals, family, and friends to plan for future healthcare decisions. To address this knowledge gap, researchers investigated perspectives on barriers to ACP in prison among 24 correctional clinicians in different parts of