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Difficult Decisions for Older Canadians Receiving Home Care, and Why They Are So Difficult: A Web-Based Decisional Needs Assessment.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Risk factors of decisional conflict among people living with chronic pain identified through a pan-Canadian survey.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Engagement of Older Adults Receiving Home Care Services and Their Caregivers in Health Decisions in Partnership With Clinical Teams: Protocol for a Multimethod Study to Prioritize and Culturally Adapt Decision Aids for Home Care.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Canadian Older Adults' Intention to Use an Electronic Decision Aid for Housing Decisions: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey.JMIR aging · 2023Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Highlights: This is the first study in Canada to assess the decisional needs of older adults receiving care at home and to identify their most common difficult decisions.Difficult decisions most frequently made were about housing and safety. The most significant decisional conflict was experienced by people making decisions about palliative care.When their quality-of-life score was low, older adults experienced clinically significant decision conflict.
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