Table 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria before and after discussing with the clinical staffs initially planned and as finally applied after recruitment difficulties

Initially planned inclusion criteria	Final iAdded inclusion or exclusion criteria
Older than 65 years	Unchanged
PWED that have been diagnosed with an early-stage dementia of Alzheimer’s disease aetiology	Are also included: ∙ PWED that have a dementia of neurodegenerative and/or vascular etiology ∙ People with a clinically probable neurocognitive disease ∙ People with mild cognitive impairments ∙ The PWED is informed about the diagnosis by their physician Are excluded: ∙ People with fronto-temporal dementia ∙ People with anosognosia
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) > 20 or Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) > 20 or Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR < 1.5)	Are also included: ∙ PWED retaining sufficient decision-making capacity to document advance directives according to their treating physician or nurse. ∙ People which diagnosis was communicated at least 6 months before being contacted for the study
Showing interest in advance care planning or advance directives	Unchanged
Having the necessary French language skills to engage in conversations	Unchanged
PWED that have a close family caregiver willingly to participate to this pilot intervention	Are also included: ∙ PWED that don’t have a close family caregiver willingly to participate to this pilot intervention