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
Journal of Palliative Medicine. July 2013: 730-733.
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