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What we do

The Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) at Massachusetts General Hospital aims to improve the well-being of older adults and enhance the lived experience of those with advanced illnesses. CASI aims to do this by creating a pipeline of strong investigators, convening investigators in the conduct of applied clinical studies, and supporting a robust research community.

Recent Publications by CASI

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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Clinician-Caregiver Co-Designed Dementia Care Intervention for Home-Based Primary Care
Pass legislation to expand access to nonopioid pain treatments among older adults
Patient Perspectives on Enhancing Clinician Communication About Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a pragmatic pilot and full-scale trial to improve care for older adults with complex care needs: The SPIRE study
Patient-Centered Measures of Goal Concordance in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Scoping Review
Telehealth Care for People With Serious Illnesses and Preferred Languages Other Than English
Age-Related Changes in the Clinical Picture of Long COVID
Proceedings of the First Neuropalliative Care Research Summit (NeuroCARES)
Characterizing clinician communication with patients about lecanemab: A qualitative study of clinicians across seven academic medical centers
Blended palliative and survivorship care intervention (POISE) for patients with metastatic oncogene-driven non-small cell lung cancer: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
"It may cost you your money, it costs you your life": a framework for financial hardship in dementia
Prevalence of Preoperative Palliative Care Needs and Association with Healthcare Use and Cost Among Older Adults Undergoing Major Elective Surgery
"You get tired of saying, this doesn't work": A qualitative study of chronic pain treatments among older Latino adults
Expectancies for alcohol analgesia and drinking behavior among veterans with chronic pain: The moderating role of discrimination in medical settings
Prognostic communication, psychological distress, and caregiving burden among caregivers of patients with decompensated cirrhosis
A GPT-4o-powered framework for identifying cognitive impairment stages in electronic health records
Nicotine, tobacco smoking, and pain in orthopedic trauma settings: a conceptual framework for practice and research
Beyond "worried well": health care professionals' perspectives on improving subjective cognitive decline care
Re-Examining Early in Early Palliative Care: Precedent, Reality, and Future Research Priorities
Erratum to "Challenges faced by patients undergoing fecal ostomy surgery: a qualitative study of colorectal cancer patient perspectives" [J Gastrointest Surg 29 (2025) 101963]
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