Advance care planning among stroke survivors in the United States

Stroke is a leading cause of mortality. Over 30% of older adult patients with stroke die within a year of their stroke, of which over half of the deaths are after the hospitalization.1 Posthospitalization mortality is due to various etiologies (e.g., recurrent stroke, ischemic heart disease, and cancer).2 As a consequence, most stroke survivors have both a good reason and sufficient time to engage in advance care planning (ACP).