Empowering Formerly Homeless Older Adults to Engage in Advance Care Planning in Permanent Supportive Housing (ACP-PSH): An RCT

Summary

The homeless population is aging, with an increasing proportion of individuals over age 50 who experience accelerated aging, high rates of mortality, and a high risk of not having their wishes honored at the end of life. The goal of this randomized control trial (RCT) is to test the effectiveness of adapted evidence-based advance care planning (ACP) interventions for formerly chronically homeless older adults living in permanent supportive housing (PSH).

Description

Eligibility

Age range

50+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Interventions

• Behavioral
  Facilitated Group ACP Session

  Group Facilitators will adhere to the standardized scripts and protocols to engage participants in ACP through group sessions. Participants will view the movie version of the PREPARE program (about how to choose a medical decision maker and how to decide what matters most in life), including a new PSH-specific video. Participants are provided with a workbook to follow along with the movies. They are also provide the PREPARE easy-to-read advance directive legal forms that they can fill out when they are ready. These forms include new PSH-specific content and a PSH-specific cover letter.

• Behavioral
  Facilitated one-on-one ACP visits

  Facilitator adheres to the scripts and protocols to engage participants in advance care planning through one-on-one ACP sessions. Participants will view the movie version of the PREPARE program (about how to choose a medical decision maker and how to decide what matters most in life), including a new PSH-specific video. Participants are provided with a workbook that they can use to follow along with the movies. They are also provide the PREPARE easy-to-read advance directive legal forms that they can fill out when they are ready. These forms include new PSH-specific content and a PSH-specific cover letter.

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