Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Brigham and Women's Hospital
This study is designed to engage seriously ill older adults in conversations about their goals of care. Our intervention is intended to help these patients understand the significance of ED visits in the course of their illnesses.
Age
65–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
≥65 years of age
English-speaking
Capacity to consent
AND ≥1 Serious illness (New York Heart Association stage 3 or 4 heart failure, oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive lung disease, chronic kidney disease on dialysis, and metastatic cancer.) OR determined by the emergency department provider that the patient has a high likelihood of death in the next 12 months ("I would not be surprised if this patient died in the next 12 months.").
You may not be if
Acute physical or emotional distress
Determined by emergency department provider not to be appropriate
Clearly documented goals for medical care already exists (e.g. medical order for life sustaining treatment - MOLST).
