Integrating Palliative Care Social Workers Into Sub-Acute Settings: A Feasibility Trial

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Conditions studied: Advanced Medical Illness

In brief

This is a feasibility trial utilizing a step wedge design of a social worker led palliative care intervention for 120 adult patients with advanced medical illness being cared for in a subacute nursing facility. Caregivers are also invited to participate.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03546920

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

220

Starts

2018-01-08

Expected to finish

2019-06-16

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-10

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• High risk for hospital readmission based on LACE Score > 7;
• Length of stay in days,
• Caregivers must be > 18 years old,
• Comorbidity,
• ER Visits in past 6 months)
• Admitted to SNF
• Decisional capacity to consent or proxy available to consent
• English speaking

You may not qualify if…

• Lacking proxy available for consent

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente Colorado-N/S/W — Denver, Colorado, United States

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