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Studies, Projects, and Trials

Improving Decision-Making about Feeding Options in Dementia
A Decision Aid about Goals of Care for Patients with Dementia
PEACE Hospice and Palliative Care Quality Measures

´óÏó´«Ã½ investigators lead numerous observational studies, quality improvement projects and clinical trials for people with serious illness and their families.  We are a founding member organization and host the for the group – a nationwide interdisciplinary research network funded by NIH-NINR to advance palliative care science and improve care for people with serious illness.

Research and quality improvement projects are facilitated by collaboration and support across the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Health Affairs campus, including the , the , ´óÏó´«Ã½ Center for Aging and Health, and the .

Selected recent scientific publications by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Palliative Care Program faculty

Palliative care for seriously ill older adults, including those living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

• Hanson LC, Kistler CE, Lavin K, Gabriel SL, Ernecoff NC, Lin FC, Sachs GA, Mitchell SL. . J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019; 57(1): 10-19
• Toles M, Song MK, Lin FC, Hanson LC. . J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018;19(10):879-883.
• Ernecoff NC, Zimmerman S, Mitchell SL, Song MK, Lin FC, Wessell KL, Hanson LC. . J Palliat Med. 2018;21(10):1442-1447.

Palliative and supportive care for persons living with cystic fibrosis

• Kavalieratos D, Georgiopoulos AM, Dhingra L, Basile MJ, Rabinowitz E, Hempstead SE, Faro A, Dellon EP. . J Palliat Med. 2021;24(1):18-30.
• Dellon EP, Basile M, Hobler MR, Georgiopoulos AM, Chen E, Goggin J, Goss CH, Hempstead SE, Faro A, Kavalieratos D. . J Palliat Med. 2020;23(7):957-963.
• Dellon EP, Helms SW, Hailey CE, Shay R, Carney SD, Schmidt HJ, Brown DE, Prieur MG. . Pediatric pulmonology. 2018;53(9):1218-1224.

Innovative models for palliative care in cancer

• Hong S, Zimmerman PE, Rao V, Markwalter DW. . J Palliat Med. 2022 [Epub ahead of print]
• Hanson LC, Wessell KL, Hanspal J, Lin FC, Collichio FA, DeWalt D, Milowsky MI, Rosenstein DL, Winzelberg GS, Wood WA, Ernecoff NC. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 [Epub ahead of print]
• DiMartino LD, Weiner BJ, Hanson LC, Weinberger M, Birken SA, Reeder-Hayes K, Trogdon JG.. J Palliat Med. 2018;21(1):62-68.
• Hanson LC, Collichio F, Bernard SA, Wood WA, Milowsky M, Burgess E, Creedle CJ, Cheek S, Chang L, Chera B, Fox A. J Palliat Med. 2017;20(12):1366-1371.

Measurement science in hospice and palliative care:

• Ernecoff NC, Wessell KL, Bennett AV, Hanson LC. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 [Epub ahead of print]
• Dolin R, Silberman P, Kirk DA, Stearns SC, Hanson LC, Taylor DH Jr, Holmes GM. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;55(3):775-784.
• Zheng NT, Li Q, Hanson LC, Wessell KL, Chong N, Sherif N, Broyles IH, Frank J, Kirk MA, Schwartz CR, Levitt AF. . J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;55(2):427-432 e421.

Communication and decision-making

• Ernecoff NC, Wessell KL, Wood WA, Winzelberg GS, Collichio FA, Hanson LC. BMC Palliat Care. 2021;20(1):41.
• Kistler CE, Beeber AS, Winzelberg GS, Gabriel SL, Wretman CJ, Hanson LC. . J Palliat Med. 2021;24(8):1183-1190.
• Li L, Nelson JE, Hanson LC, Cox CE, Carson SS, Chai EJ, Keller KL, Tulsky JA, Danis M. . Crit Care Med. 2018;46(5):699-704.

Impact of cancer on parenting

• Hailey CE, Yopp JM, Deal AM, Mayer DK, Reeder-Hayes KE, Hanson LC, Grunfeld G, Rosenstein DL, Park EM. . Supportive Care in Cancer, 2018; 26:287-295.
• Rosenstein, D. L., & Yopp, J. M. (2018). : Oxford University Press.
• Park EM, Check DK, Song MK, Reeder-Hayes KE, Hanson LC, Yopp JM, Rosenstein DL, Mayer DK. . Palliat Med. 2017;31(3):231-238.

Other palliative care research

• Casey MF, Price L, Markwalter D, Bohrmann T, Moraes Tsujimoto T, Lavin K, Hanson LC, Lin FC, Platts-Mills TF. . Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2022;39(11):1358-1363.
• Casey MF, Markwalter DW. . J Emerg Nurs. 2021;47(4):521-523.
• Markwalter DW, Murphy MA, Turnbull JM, Fanning JB. . Fam Syst Health. 2019;37(3):212-223.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Palliative Care providers are also involved in a number of quality improvement and educational projects, including:

• System-wide ACP Task Force
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½HS ACP Organizational goal to increase ACP
  • Respecting Choices SDMSI training
  • Tailored core ACP training for diverse audiences
  • CAPC on-line modules
  • QI coaching
  • Epic optimization
• Triggered consults for advanced congestive heart failure / LVAD and late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• Enhanced PC and ACP in the SICU
• Early Oncology Palliative Care for persons with advanced cancer
• Dignity therapy program