Advance Care Planning With Formerly Homeless Older Adults Residing in Permanent Supportive Housing

Description

The homeless population is aging, with an increasing proportion of individuals over age 50 who experience accelerated aging, high rates of mortality, and a high risk of not having their wishes honored at the end of life. The goal of this randomized control trial (RCT) is to test the effectiveness of adapted evidence-based advance care planning (ACP) interventions for formerly chronically homeless older adults living in permanent supportive housing (PSH).

Conditions

Advance Care Planning

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The homeless population is aging, with an increasing proportion of individuals over age 50 who experience accelerated aging, high rates of mortality, and a high risk of not having their wishes honored at the end of life. The goal of this randomized control trial (RCT) is to test the effectiveness of adapted evidence-based advance care planning (ACP) interventions for formerly chronically homeless older adults living in permanent supportive housing (PSH).

Empowering Formerly Homeless Older Adults to Engage in Advance Care Planning in Permanent Supportive Housing (ACP-PSH): An RCT

Advance Care Planning With Formerly Homeless Older Adults Residing in Permanent Supportive Housing

Condition
Advance Care Planning
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Oakland

Lifelong Medical Care, Oakland, California, United States, 94612

San Francisco

Mercy Housing, San Francisco, California, United States, 94102

San Francisco

Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), San Francisco, California, United States, 94103

San Francisco

Episcopal Community Services, San Francisco, California, United States, 94103

San Francisco

HomeRise, San Francisco, California, United States, 94104

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * Formerly chronically homeless adults living in permanent supportive housing
  • * English speaking
  • * Non-English Speaking
  • * Screen positive for moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment
  • * Self-report being deaf or blind
  • * Cannot provide informed consent based on the teach back method

Ages Eligible for Study

50 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Margot Kushel, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Rebecca Sudore, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Margaret Handley, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2027-03