LEAD Study

The LEAD study is an advance care planning study. Advance care planning allows people to discuss, document, and share their wishes for end-of-life care. This is especially important for people with memory loss, and even more so for people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia because they will most likely lose their ability to make decisions. 

Should a person lose their ability to make decisions, their care partner, usually a spouse/partner or adult child, is the one who will make the end-of-life decisions for them. These care partners are often unsure as to what the person would want, resulting in added stress, and often unnecessary and unwanted medical treatments.

The LEAD Study gives people a chance to plan for their future care, side by side with the person who may eventually need to make care and treatment decisions for them at the end of life.