Exploring Shared Care Plans for Older People Regarding their Fulfilment of Policy Requirements and Shared Decision Making

The aim was to explore the documentation in shared care plans regarding their fulfilment of policy requirements and shared decision-making. The sample consists of 15 shared care plans established for older people in Sweden. The requirements in the Swedish law and the 15 indicators of shared decision making (SDM) in the Multifocal Approach to the Sharing in SDM inventory was used to define the main categories. The older person and next of kin were present at 14 of the care planning meetings. The individual's agreement to the establishment was documented in ten of the plans. Six out of 15 indicators of SDM were reflected but the headings focused mainly at the policy requirements. The decision-making process needs to be acknowledged more in the templates that are used in shared care plans to support a care planning process and a documentation based on SDM.