The National Palliative Care Research Center

Curing suffering through palliative care research.

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care

The NPCRC continues to work towards catalyzing NIH funding for palliative care research. The NPCRC partnered with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to host at NIA, a conference to establish research priorities in geriatric palliative care in order to help guide NIA funding in this area. The goal of this meeting was to examine the state of the science in geriatric palliative care, identify research priorities that could, if addressed, lead to improved care of seriously ill older adults, and propose targeted areas of research. Ten invited experts and representatives from NIA and other appropriate NIH institutes attended the meeting. The resulting papers from this conference that each invited expert was asked to write were published as a series in the Journal of Palliative Medicine starting in July, 2013. These papers will serve as a valuable resource to guide NIA and NIH research priorities in the field of geriatric palliative care.

To read each article, see below.

 

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: An Introduction to a New Series

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: An Introduction to a New Series.pdf

R. Sean Morrison

Journal of Palliative Medicine. July 2013: 726-729.

 

Epidemiology of Care for Patients with Serious Illness 
Epidemiology of Care for Patients with Serious Illness.pdf

Amy S. Kelley
Journal of Palliative Medicine. July 2013: 730-733.


Research Methods Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Medicine

Research Methods Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Medicine.pdf

Melissa D. Aldridge Carlson

Journal of Palliative Medicine. August 2013: 838-842.


Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: Multimorbidity

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: Multimorbidity.pdf

Christine S. Ritchie, Donna M. Zulman

Journal of Palliative Medicine. August 2013: 843-847.


Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: Nonpain Symptoms

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: Nonpain Symptoms.pdf

Sarah Combs, Benzi M. Kluger, Jean S. Kutner

Journal of Palliative Medicine. September 2013: 1001-1007.


Research Priorities for Geriatric Palliative Care: Goals, Values, and Preferences

Research Priorities for Geriatric Palliative Care: Goals, Values, and Preferences.pdf

 Laura C. Hanson, Gary Winzelberg

Journal of Palliative Medicine. October 2013: 1175-1179.


Geriatric Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Settings with a Focus on Nursing Homes

Geriatric Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Settings with a Focus on Nursing Homes.pdf

Mary Ersek, Joan G. Carpenter

Journal of Palliative Medicine. October 2013: 1180-1187.  

 

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Palliative Care

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Palliative Care.pdf

Kimberly S. Johnson

Journal of Palliative Medicine. November 2013: 1329-1334.  

 

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: Policy Initiatives

Research Priorities in Geriatric Palliative Care: Policy Initiatives.pdf

Kathleen T. Unroe, Diane E. Meier

Journal of Palliative Medicine. December 2013: 1503-1508