Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2025
Date Accepted: Oct 24, 2025
Virtual, Nurse-led Early paLlIative Care IntervenTion (ELICIT) for Community Dwelling Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
ABSTRACT
Background:
Though dementia is a serious illness that progresses over many years, little is known about the primary palliative care needs of chronically-ill, community dwelling older adults at risk of already diagnosed with cognitive impairment.
Objective:
To test the impact of a virtual, nurse-led primary palliative care intervention on older adults at risk of already diagnosed with cognitive impairment.
Methods:
This randomized clinical trial (RCT) was designed to compare the impact of {usual care} to {usual care plus a virtual, nurse-led, primary palliative care intervention} on community- dwelling, chronically ill older adults with varying degrees of cognitive impairment.
Results:
We hypothesize that patients in the virtual nurse intervention arm will have their primary palliative care needs identified and fulfilled compared to those in the usual care arm.
Results:
We hypothesize that patients in the virtual nurse intervention arm will have their primary palliative care needs identified and fulfilled compared to those in the usual care arm.
Conclusions:
Identification of the primary palliative care needs of chronically-ill, community dwelling older adults at risk of and/or with MCI, mild or moderate dementia will help refine intervention to effectively provide primary palliative care in a timely manner to these patients. Clinical Trial: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03881579
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