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Jan 15, 2026

An Exploratory Analysis of Advance Care Planning Typologies in a Sample of Midlife and Older Adult Sexual Minority Men

This exploratory analysis focused on two key research questions: 1) What are the patterns of advance care planning behaviors among midlife and older adult SMM? 2) What psychosocial correlates and experiences are associated with these patterns?
Expert Insights

Aug 7, 2025

Non-enquiry session on palliative care: Evidence submission by RAND Europe and THIS Institute

This document provides RAND Europe and THIS Institute’s submission of evidence in relation to the UK Health and Social Care Committee’s non-inquiry session on palliative care in England.
Research Summary

Jul 8, 2025

Psychiatric Advance Directives: State of the Science and California’s Push Toward Progress

A literature review and a project evaluation suggest that psychiatric advance directive (PAD) training is effective and that PADs can be facilitated by trained peer workers, are well received by individuals served, and have potential benefits.
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Jun 24, 2025

Evaluation of California's Multi-County Psychiatric Advance Directives Innovation Project: Early Implementation and Outcomes, 2024–2025

Seven California counties collaborated on a project to develop and implement psychiatric advance directives, facilitated by trained peer workers. RAND researchers evaluated several aspects of the project; this report summarizes their findings.
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Jun 24, 2025

Psychiatric Advance Directives: A Review of the Evidence

In this review of empirical and conceptual literature, the authors identify the potential and realized benefits of psychiatric advance directives, the barriers to their adoption and implementation, and promising practices for implementation.
Tool

Apr 4, 2025

Serious Illness Survey for Community-Based Care

The Serious Illness Survey for Community-Based Care is available in full and abridged versions. The survey materials are available in English and Spanish.
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Sep 19, 2024

Association Between Physician Age and Patterns of End-of-Life Care Among Older Americans

Using a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries, we examined the association between physician age and patterns of end of life (EOL) care with a broad range of EOL care measures.
Research

Jul 31, 2023

Evaluating the Pragmatic Characteristics of Advance Care Planning Outcome Measures in Dementia Clinical Trials: A Scoping Review

In this review of ACP RCTs enrolling PLWD or their care partners, we found that the majority of outcome measures were not highly pragmatic in nature and had high data capture burden, but over half were highly relevant to PLWD or their care partners.
Research

Jun 21, 2023

Advance Care Planning Among Sexual Minority Men: Sociodemographic, Health Care, and Health Status Predictors

There is a dearth of contemporary information about advance care planning among sexual minority men, a population with disparities in health care and health status. We sought to address some of these gaps in a large, longitudinal cohort.
Research

Mar 16, 2022

POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes

We used MDS 2011–2016 linked to California Section S to describe POLST completion, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and do not resuscitate orders, invalid POLST documents, and switches in POLST content across the population of California NH residents.
Research

Mar 16, 2022

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) facilitates documentation and transition of patients' life-sustaining treatment orders across care settings. We describe the orders within POLST among all nursing home residents in California from 2011 to 2016.
Research

Apr 7, 2021

The Role of Regional and State Initiatives in Nursing Home Advance Care Planning Policies

We examined whether state and regional advance care planning initiatives play a role in the presence of "do not administer antibiotics" orders for nursing home residents at the end of life.

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An Exploratory Analysis of Advance Care Planning Typologies in a Sample of Midlife and Older Adult Sexual Minority Men

Non-enquiry session on palliative care: Evidence submission by RAND Europe and THIS Institute

Psychiatric Advance Directives: State of the Science and California’s Push Toward Progress

Evaluation of California's Multi-County Psychiatric Advance Directives Innovation Project: Early Implementation and Outcomes, 2024–2025

Psychiatric Advance Directives: A Review of the Evidence

Serious Illness Survey for Community-Based Care

Association Between Physician Age and Patterns of End-of-Life Care Among Older Americans

Evaluating the Pragmatic Characteristics of Advance Care Planning Outcome Measures in Dementia Clinical Trials: A Scoping Review

Advance Care Planning Among Sexual Minority Men: Sociodemographic, Health Care, and Health Status Predictors

POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes

The Role of Regional and State Initiatives in Nursing Home Advance Care Planning Policies

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An Exploratory Analysis of Advance Care Planning Typologies in a Sample of Midlife and Older Adult Sexual Minority Men

Non-enquiry session on palliative care: Evidence submission by RAND Europe and THIS Institute

Psychiatric Advance Directives: State of the Science and California’s Push Toward Progress

Evaluation of California's Multi-County Psychiatric Advance Directives Innovation Project: Early Implementation and Outcomes, 2024–2025

Psychiatric Advance Directives: A Review of the Evidence

Serious Illness Survey for Community-Based Care

Association Between Physician Age and Patterns of End-of-Life Care Among Older Americans

Evaluating the Pragmatic Characteristics of Advance Care Planning Outcome Measures in Dementia Clinical Trials: A Scoping Review

Advance Care Planning Among Sexual Minority Men: Sociodemographic, Health Care, and Health Status Predictors

POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes

The Role of Regional and State Initiatives in Nursing Home Advance Care Planning Policies

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