713
Participants
Start Date
August 28, 2018
Primary Completion Date
August 9, 2020
Study Completion Date
August 9, 2020
The BABEL Approach to Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes
In intervention nursing homes, eligible residents will: (i) receive The BABEL Approach to Advance Care Planning (ACP), (ii) after these ACP discussions occur, the resident's primary care physician will be notified of the residents' ACP wishes, (iii) a brightly colored document will be placed in a standard location of the NH chart that identifies the resident's ACP wishes, (iv) paramedics will be educated to know about these sheets and where to find them, and that they should be taken with any resident transferred to another care setting.
Control group Advance Care Planning
Eligible residents in each control nursing homes will receive the prevalent approach to Advance Care Planning in that nursing home. No elements of The BABEL Approach to Advance Care Planning will be introduced in the control homes.
University of Calgary, Calgary
Waterloo University, Waterloo
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
University of Waterloo
OTHER
University of Calgary
OTHER
Conestoga College
OTHER
University of Manitoba
OTHER