Table 2 Summary of the Reference Panel

• National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Tertiary specialist rehabilitation service.

Workshop with the rehabilitation HCP team where they shared the experience of ADM with people that have an acquired cognitive and/or physical disability.

• St. Vincent’s University Hospital, (SVUH). Ireland East Hospital Group.

• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH). Ireland East Hospital Group.

Level four; academic teaching hospitals delivering national and regional acute, chronic and specialist care services.

Workshops held in SVUH and MMUH with the multidisciplinary team for an older person in the acute care setting. HCPs provided their experiences and perspective on the implementation of ADM within the acute care setting.

• Family Carers Ireland (FCI)

Advocacy organisation providing service and support for family carers.

A public consultation workshop with members of Family Carers Ireland addressing issues of importance concerning the ADM Act (2015).

• The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI)

Advocacy organisation providing dementia-specific services and supports and advocating for the rights and needs of all people living with dementia and their carers.

Grey literature provided from the ASI based on a consultation led by ASI with people living with dementia eliciting their views on what ADM means for them.