Table 1.

Baseline Data

Data Source	Items
resident (or proxy, if resident incapable)	age, sex, marital state, former profession, nationality, date of moving in, religious denomination and belief
	any advance care plan (AD); if given: place where it is thought to be kept; if not given: personal interest in ACP
	close contacts (relation and number); number of regular visitors; visits per month
caregiver	Barthel-Index; degree of dementia (GDS); resuscitation status
	number of regular visitors; visits per month
file	degree of dependency on nursing care; morbidity; presence of permanent feeding tube
	advance care plan (AD); if given: place where it is kept, and retrieval of a copy for further analysis
	designated health care proxy (custodian or durable power of attorney)