CompletedNot Applicable

Aligning Patient Preferences: a Role Offering Alzheimer's Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers Education and Support

United States47,396 participantsStarted 2020-02-01

Plain-language summary

Nursing home (NH) patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias often receive unwanted, burdensome treatments such as hospitalization. Advance care planning (ACP) is a key strategy to support patients and family-caregivers in making informed decisions and ensuring treatment preferences are proactively known and honored. The ACP Specialist Program will improve care and reduce unwanted, burdensome hospitalizations through improved ACP procedures, standardized staff education on ACP, and systematic ACP facilitation delivered by existing NH staff.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Facilities are owned by NH corporate partners * Facilities are Medicare/Medicaid-certified * Facilities have an electronic medical records system * Minimum bedsize of 50 or more; * At least 50% long-stay as defined by a length of stay of 100 days or longer. Exclusion Criteria: * Problematic or unstable facilities will be removed in consultation with NH corporate leaders prior to randomization

What they're measuring

Hospital Transfers

Timeframe: 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03323502

SponsorIndiana University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-08-31

Results submitted2025-07-31

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