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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title A Decision Aid about Goals of Care for Patients with Dementia
To access it View the patient decision aid on the developer website
Audience People who help decide about health care for a person with dementia.
Options included Prolonging life.
Maintaining function.
Improving comfort.
Year of last update or review 2016
Format Web, video
Developer Dr. Laura C. Hanson
Where was it developed? https://www.med.unc.edu/pcare/resources/goals-of-care
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
USA
Health condition Dementia
Language English
Based on 2025 IPDAS criteria (International Patient Decision Aid Standards) this patient decision aid (and/or supporting materials) meets:
7 out of 7 IPDAS Qualifying criteria to be defined as a patient decision aid
4 out of 7 IPDAS Essential criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision
Not applicable: Other IPDAS Essential criteria for patient decision aids about screening or testing
View IPDAS criteria details.

Last modified: 2025-07-29.