Original Article

Advance Care Planning and Proxy Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Parkinson Disease

Objectives: To examine advance care planning practices and proxy decision making by family healthcare proxies for patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD). Methods: Sixty-four spouses and adult children, self-designated as a/the healthcare proxy for advanced patients with PD, participated in a cross-sectional survey study. Results: Sixty patients with PD (95%)…