New program helps families discuss End-of-Life care with doctors

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient: 80 years or older, English speaking, able to provide informed consent themselves or through their legally authorized representative, identify a family member or friend who plays an active role in care coordination or accompanies them to primary care visits, not planning to move out of state within the next year, and cognitive impairment (mild-severe) on the basis of one or more incorrect answers or not being able to respond to a validated 6-item telephone screening instrument. * Family/Friend: 18 years and older, English speaking, hear well enough to communicate by telephone, not planning to move out of the state within the next year, do not report having a life-threatening illness and are a family member or unpaid friend who attends at least some medical visits of an eligible person with cognitive impairment, do not screen positive as having cognitive impairment on the basis of fewer than two incorrect answers on the 6-item telephone screening instrument. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient: less than 80 years old, non-English speaking, do not help with care coordination or attend primary care visits with a family member/friend, no willing/able legal guardian or representative to provide written informed consent for those who do not have capacity, plan to move out of state within the next year, or do not have cognitive impairment on the basis of all correct answers on the 6-item telephone screening instrument. * Family/Friend: less than 18 years old, non-English speaking, do not help with care coordination or attend at least some medical visits of an eligible patient, do not hear well enough to communicate by telephone, report having a life-threatening illness, plan to move out of state within the next year, are a non-family member who is paid for their services, or has cognitive impairment on the basis of two or more incorrect answers on the 6-item telephone screening instrument.