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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title Plan Well Guide: A novel decision aid to support serious illness decision-making.
To access it View the patient decision aid on the developer website
Audience All adults but particularly older adults with health condition or at risk of hospitalization with complications.
Options included ICU care with CPR.
ICU care with no CPR.
Medical care.
Comfort care.
Year of last update or review 2020
Format Web, paper, PDF
Developer Daren Heyland
Where was it developed? dkh2@queensu.ca
Queen's University
Canada
Health condition End of Life Issues
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.