The Chit-Chat Educational Intervention to Promote Advance Care Planning in the Community

Empowering Family Members of Older Adults with Multi-morbidity in Advance Care Planning Conversations: Development and Feasibility Testing of the Chit-Chat Educational Intervention

The purpose of this study is to estimate the effect size of the Chit-Chat intervention on ACP engagement among family members of older adults with multi-morbidity.

After being informed about the study and potential risks, all eligible participants will be asked to provide written informed consent for study entry. At week 0, participants will be randomized in an assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial in a 1:1 ratio to received the Chit-Chat intervention (two 2-hr weekly educational sessions) or wait-list control group.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18 or above;
• a family member of a relative who aged 60 or above and lives with at least two severe chronic diseases such as cancer, dementia, lung, heart, liver, and renal disease.
• they perceived themselves will take part in taking care of their relatives in the near future;
• able to read and communicate in Cantonese.
• they are self-reported as cognitively intact

Exclusion Criteria:

• their relatives have been referred to palliative care service before the study.