NCT01746446

LifeCourse: A Supportive Care Approach for Patients Late in Life

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 903 (actual)
• Sponsor: Allina Health System · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to test a new model of care for patients with an ongoing or significant medical condition.

Detailed description

LifeCourse is a late life care approach that promotes whole person care through a structured approach built upon an expanded set of palliative care domains and chronic illness care practices. It includes a trained lay healthcare worker as the primary contact who follows the patient across care settings and over time. The care guide asks patients and caregivers to articulate individualized goals and take part in decision making, and uses a family-oriented approach to understand needs, leverage strengths, and empower families to effectively support the individual living with serious illness.

Conditions

• Ongoing or Significant Medical Condition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Care team	Provides additional support to patients, family, and friends.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-31
• Completion: 2017-03-31
• First posted: 2012-12-11
• Last updated: 2022-06-08

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States