Improving Palliative Care for People with Advanced Heart Failure
Identifying Successful Strategies of Specialist Palliative Care Implementation for People with Advanced Heart Failure
This project looks at how different medical centers provide palliative care to people with advanced heart failure to find the best ways to help them feel better and improve their quality of life.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Yale University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New Haven, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11187114 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
Many people with advanced heart failure experience difficult symptoms and frequent hospital stays, and often don't receive the specialized comfort care they need. This project aims to understand why some medical centers are better at providing palliative care than others. Researchers will look at how these programs are set up and how they operate to discover what makes them successful. The goal is to identify key practices that can be shared nationwide to ensure more people with advanced heart failure receive timely and effective palliative care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: This research focuses on understanding care for people living with advanced heart failure and their families.
Not a fit: Patients not living with advanced heart failure would not directly benefit from this particular research.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to more people with advanced heart failure receiving high-quality palliative care, helping them to have more comfortable lives and better end-of-life experiences.
How similar studies have performed: Little is currently known about the specific program structures and operational characteristics that increase the reach of specialist palliative care for this population, making this a novel approach.
Where this research is happening
New Haven, United States
- Yale University — New Haven, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Feder, Shelli Leore — Yale University
- Study coordinator: Feder, Shelli Leore
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.