NCT03960476

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 293 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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) and social influences (e.g. caregivers/supporters).

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Alzheimer Disease
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Long-Term Care Planning

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	PlanYourLifespan.org	The study intervention is a web-based planning tool, PlanYourLifespan.org

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-13
• Primary completion: 2024-11-12
• Completion: 2026-02-28
• First posted: 2019-05-23
• Last updated: 2026-04-17
• Results posted: 2026-02-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States