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This workshop will discuss evidence-based interventions and strategies that effectively address the physical, mental, and financial challenges of caregiving. The 1.5 day workshop will take place June 5 – 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Registrants may attend all sessions in-person or virtually.
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A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planning committee will organize a 1.5-day public workshop that will examine evidence-based interventions and strategies that effectively address the physical, mental, and financial burdens of caregiving for cancer and other serious illnesses, with an emphasis on the role of palliative care. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions to explore the following topics:
- Strategies and interventions to address the range of challenges associated with caregiving: psychological, emotional, physical, and financial/economic burden, including increased risk of suicide among caregivers
- The critical role of palliative care in interventions to ease caregiver burden
- Special needs of different caregiver populations (e.g., children, older adults)
- Ways to scale and spread successful programs and interventions
- Policy opportunities to support family caregivers, including employer/workplace-based policies and programs
The planning committee will develop the agenda for the workshop sessions, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
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American Academy Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine
American Association for Cancer Research
American Cancer Society
American Geriatrics Society
Association of Professional Chaplains
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Cambia Health Foundation
Catholic Health Association
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care
Department of Health and Human Services
Flatiron Health
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Merck
National Association of Social Workers
National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Institutes of Health
National Palliative Care Research Center
National Patient Advocate Foundation
Novartis Oncology
Oncology Nursing Society
Partners In Health
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Pfizer Inc.
The California State University Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care
The John A. Hartford Foundation
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
The Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists
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Rebecca English
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Center for Health, People, and Places
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Health Care and Public Health Program Area
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