SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of six projects aimed at expanding access to care that enhances quality of life for seniors and caregivers will be reported at the California State University Institute for Palliative Care's National Symposium for Academic Palliative Care Education and Research Oct. 11-12, 2018, in San Diego.
Researchers were awarded seed grants, funded by the Gary and Mary West Foundation, to carry out one-year projects to design and test approaches that will lead to improvements in care or quality of life for those suffering from chronic, serious, or life-threatening illnesses.
Institutions represented, and studies being reported on, include:
The Gary and Mary West Foundation has provided seed grant funding through the symposium each year since 2016. Seed grants support projects that advance palliative care education and research with a focus on seniors or family caregivers of seniors.
Applications are now open for this year's awards. Grants of $5,000 or $10,000 will be awarded to researchers from academic institutions for projects that aim to support seniors or family caregivers. Recipients will be announced at the 2018 Symposium, being held at the San Diego Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina. More information on the seed grants, eligibility, and how to apply can be found online at csupalliativecare.org/symposium.
About Palliative Care and the Academic Symposium
The CSU Institute for Palliative Care hosts the annual academic symposium to bring together educators from universities, academic medical centers and clinical programs to focus on how to better equip new and existing professionals with skills in palliative care.
Palliative care optimizes quality of life for those with serious or chronic illness by anticipating, preventing, and managing suffering, from the time of diagnosis onward. It is delivered by an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists and other practitioners, and is designed to address the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients and their families.
The number of health professionals trained in palliative care is growing, however, the demand is far outpacing the supply. As stated by the National Health Council, "Generally incurable and ongoing, chronic diseases affect approximately 133 million Americans, representing more than 40% of the total population of this country. This number is projected to grow to an estimated 157
million, with 81 million people having multiple conditions.1"
MEDIA CONTACT:
Melanie Marshall
CSU Institute for Palliative Care
760-750-7283
1 National Health Council, 2014. About Chronic Diseases, http://www.nationalhealthcouncil.org/sites/default/files/NHC_Files/Pdf_Files/AboutChronicDisease.pdf
SOURCE CSU Institute for Palliative Care
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