Planning ahead: study tests if care wishes get written down for dementia patients
NCT ID NCT04852055
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a special planning program helps people with dementia in assisted living have their care wishes written down. Over 2,300 residents took part. The program aimed to increase the number of residents with do-not-resuscitate or do-not-hospitalize orders on file.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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2,364 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Partnering assisted living center with at least 20 patients with a dementia diagnosis (based on International Classification of Diseases, version 10 codes) * Patients not on hospice * Patients who do not have comfort care or do-not-hospitalize orders at baseline Exclusion Criteria: * Partnering assisted living center with less than 20 patients with a dementia diagnosis (based on International Classification of Diseases, version 10 codes) * Patients on hospice * Patients with comfort care or do-not-hospitalize orders at baseline
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bluestone Physician Services
Stillwater, Minnesota, 55082-6788, United States
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