Decision Making and Implementation of Aging-in-Place/Long Term Care Plans Among Older Adults

Northwestern University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Behavioral: PlanYourLifespan.org

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03960476

1R01AG058777-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

R01AG058777

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study seeks to better understand how older adult aging-in-place/long term care decision making and implementation is impacted by age-related changes (e.g. cognition, health literacy, chronic conditions), social influences (e.g. caregivers/supporters), and environmental factors.

Full description

Subjects who are part of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded LitCog study will be given access to PlanYourLifespan.org, a web-based decision-making and planning tool. Participants will be followed for up to 42 months to examine the mediating/moderating factors involved in decision-making, timing of decision implementation, and goal concordance. Findings have the potential to inform healthcare providers, caregivers, health/long term care insurers, area agencies on aging, and older adults nationally in supporting aging-in-place decisions and services use.

Enrollment: 293 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Current participant in the LitCog Trial [R01AG03611]
• English-speaking
• Community-dwelling
• Currently use a computer or tablet with internet

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in the Advanced Planning for Home Services study [IH-12-11-4259]

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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293 participants in 1 patient group

Access to Web-Based Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

All study participants will be given access to the web-based study intervention, PlanYourLifespan.org.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PlanYourLifespan.org