Yes (resident with cognitive impairment not included)
Yes
Program description
Identify care preferences using PRIDE assessment and communicate to physician for referral to palliative/hospice care
Let Me Talk (interviews with residents exploring values and care preferences)
ACP training for two social workers using Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care; structured discussion and documentation of ACP
Control/comparison
Did not communicate PRIDE assessment to physician
Care as usual
Care as usual from social workers; research associate talked to participants about health care preferences but did not record them in the medical record
Research staff involvement in intervention or comparison
Apparent
Apparent
Apparent
PRIDE: Promoting Residents’ Involvement in Decisions at End-of-Life; LTCH: long-term care home; LTCHs: long-term care homes; ACP: advance care planning.