POST Facilitation for Community Dwelling Older Adults (POST-RCT)

Advanced steps is initiated as a component of quality end-of-life care for frail elders and those whose death in the next 12 months would not be unexpected. The AS planning conversation is focused on goals of care to make timely, proactive, and specific end-of-life decisions. Ideally, these decisions are converted into medical orders that can be followed throughout the continuum of care. The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program is the nationally recognized model for this stage of planning.

Nurse evaluation and education on how to improve safety at home for community dwelling older adults (examples of education and evaluation includes fall risks, fire and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors, transferring safety (e.g. in and out of the tub, bed, etc.) and others.