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alzheimers disease related dementia adrd major cause death united states effective interventions developed deliver palliative care nursing home residents adrd little work identified effective interventions reach assisted living al residents dementia one hundred eighteen al residents dementia 10 different als florida participated pilot study using cluster randomized trial conducted 6 sites randomized receive palliative care educational intervention staff n 23 deliver care residents 4 sites usual care feasibility intervention assessed examining recruitment retention treatment fidelity 6 months cohens statistic used calculate facilitylevel treatment effect sizes key outcomes documentation advance care planning acp discussions hospice admission documentation pain screening intervention proved feasible high ratings treatment fidelity intervention also demonstrated preliminary evidence efficacy intervention effect sizes treatment group 080 increases documentation acp discussions compared control group hospice admissions smaller effect size 016 documentation pain screenings effect pilot results suggest intervention shows promise resource educating empowering al staff implementing personcentered palliative care delivery persons dementia al larger fully powered randomized trial needed test efficacy