Difficult Decisions for Older Canadians Receiving Home Care, and Why They Are So Difficult: A Web-Based Decisional Needs Assessment.

This is the first study in Canada to assess the decisional needs of older adults receiving care at home and to identify their most common difficult decisions.Difficult decisions most frequently made were about housing and safety. The most significant decisional conflict was experienced by people making decisions about palliative care.When their quality-of-life score was low, older adults experienced clinically significant decision conflict.