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Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials Program

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The 10-month-long Program includes a combination of webinars, small group sessions, and a 5-day in-person Institute where learners will work together to design a trial and also learners will develop their own grant application addressing ADRD. 

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Applications due: February 14th, 2025

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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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Frailty in Older Adults
"Pushed to Their Limits": Health Care Provider Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Mind-Body and Activity Program for Older Adults With Chronic Pain in a Community Clinic for the Underserved
Living and Researching the COVID-19 Pandemic: Autoethnographic Reflections from a Co-Research Team of Older People and Academics
Psychological Distress is Prevalent and Interdependent Among Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis and Their Caregivers
Let home care be the GUIDE: Integrating quality dementia care into existing home care teams
Defining and Validating Criteria to Identify Populations Who May Benefit From Home-Based Primary Care
Prevalence of alcohol use among U.S. older adults with pain: A scoping review
Intervention for the Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms to Reduce Caregiver Stress: Protocol for the Mindful and Self-Compassion Care Intervention for Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia
Financial toxicity in early-phase cancer clinical trial participants
Correlates of Sleep Health among Older-Age People with and without HIV in Uganda
"I'm worth saving"- A Qualitative Study of People with Alzheimer's Disease Considering Lecanemab Treatment
Learning about and living with toxicity: a qualitative study of patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma or lung cancer and their caregivers
Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial
CONTINUUM: A Post-Discharge Supportive Care Intervention for Hospitalized Patients with Advanced Cancer
Prevalence and correlates of frailty among older people with and without HIV in rural Uganda
"They really trust us!": Medical Interpreter's Roles and Experiences in an Integrated Primary Care Clinic
Epidemiology of Homebound Population Among Beneficiaries of a Large National Medicare Advantage Plan
Identification of older adults with Alzheimer's and related dementias among patients newly diagnosed with cancer: A comparison of methodological approaches
An Evaluation Of Patient Experience Before And After Elective Colectomy For Diverticulitis Between Patients Older And Younger Than 65 Years: A Pilot Feasibility Study In mHealth Use
Awareness of the potential consequences of alcohol consumption in the context of chronic pain and prescription opioid use
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