• J Palliat Med · Mar 2021

    A Toolkit for Community-Based, Medicaid-Funded Case Managers to Introduce Advance Care Planning to Frail, Older Adults: A Pilot Study.

    • Sarah S Nouri, Christine Ritchie, Aiesha Volow, Brookelle Li, Shireen McSpadden, Kelly Dearman, Ashwin Kotwal, and Rebecca L Sudore.
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
    • J Palliat Med. 2021 Mar 1; 24 (3): 428-432.

    Abstract Background: Advance care planning (ACP) among frail, older adults receiving in-home care is low. Leveraging case managers to introduce ACP may increase engagement. Objective: Pilot an ACP-Toolkit for case managers and their clients. Design: Feasibility pilot of an ACP-Toolkit for case managers to introduce ACP and the PREPAREforYourCare.org website and advance directives. Setting/Subjects: Case managers from four local aging service organizations who referred English-speaking clients ≥55 years old. Measurements: Using validated surveys (five-point Likert scales), we assessed changes in case managers' attitudes, confidence, and readiness to facilitate ACP and clients' readiness to engage in ACP from baseline to follow-up (one-week) using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Results: We enrolled 9 case managers and 12 clients (median age 69 [standard deviation 8], 75% minority race/ethnicity). At follow-up, case managers' confidence increased (3.2 [0.7] to 4.2 [0.7]; p = 0.02), and clients' readiness increased (2.8 [1.5] to 3.4 [1.4]; p = 0.06). All case managers agreed the Toolkit was easy to use, helped start ACP conversations, and would recommend it to others. All clients found the Toolkit easy to understand and were comfortable with case managers using it. Nearly all clients (92%) would recommend it to others. Suggestions for improvement included offering the Toolkit in other languages and disseminating it in clinical and community settings. Conclusions: The ACP-Toolkit resulted in higher case manager confidence in facilitating ACP and client readiness to engage in ACP, and usability was high. A brief ACP-Toolkit may be a feasible solution to increase ACP engagement among frail, older adults receiving in-home care.

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