About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if it is possible to deliver a palliative care intervention called ALIGN (Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs) to hospitalized older adults with advanced cancer who are discharged to a skilled nursing facility and their caregivers. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Can the investigator successfully deliver the ALIGN intervention in different skilled community nursing facilities? * Can the investigator successfully collect information from participants throughout the study? * How can the investigator best prepare caregivers to make medical decisions for loved ones that become unable to do so themselves?
Researchers will compare ALIGN to care as it is usually delivered.
Participants will:
* Visit virtually with an ALIGN palliative care social worker every 1-2 weeks during their skilled nursing facility stay and up to 45 days after discharge from the facility or will see a palliative care clinician if recommended by their oncologist or other involved clinician. * Participants will provide information about how they are doing 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after enrolling in the study.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adults between 18-98 years
Stage I-IV solid tumors
Discharging from an acute care hospital to a SNF in Colorado
English speaking
Disqualifiers
Discharging with hospice care
Age less than 18
Lacking capacity without a legal surrogate decision maker or proxy.
Limited English proficiency
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs (ALIGN)
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
University of Colorado, Denver
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborator