Goals of Care: A Nursing Home Trial of Decision Support for Advanced Dementia

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Conditions studied: Dementia

In brief

This cluster randomized controlled trial is to examine whether decision support for goals of care can improve quality of communication and decision-making and improve the quality of palliative care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01565642

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

302

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-10

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Surrogate for nursing home resident with advanced dementia, paired with resident with advanced dementia

You may not qualify if…

• Non-related legal surrogate without personal knowledge of resident

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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