We developed a novel website grounded in
behavior change theory and an evidencedbased
conceptual model of ACP that is focused
on providing patients with skills to identify
their values, communicate with surrogates
and clinicians, and prepare them for in-themoment
decision making. The PREPARE
website was found to be easy-to-use by diverse,
older adults, and our preliminary findings
show that PREPARE positively affects behavioral
change in ACP. A randomized, controlled
trial is currently being conducted to assess the
longitudinal efficacy of PREPARE and its effectiveness
in clinical practice.