Training Health Care Practitioners to Effectively Communicate With Older Adults With Cancer and Their Caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Providing medical care to older adults with cancer is complex. In addition to their cancer diagnosis, many older adults have various factors such as frailty, comorbidities, cognitive decline, sensory and functional issues, and polypharmacy that increase the complexity of their medical care. However, few health care practitioners (HCPs) receive adequate training in geriatric principles or in effective communication with older adults with cancer and their caregivers.

Methods

To meet this significant and growing need, we developed and conducted an evidence-based educational training program in geriatric oncology, Geriatric Oncology: Cognition and Communication (Geri Onc CC). The goal of this study was to examine its efficacy in terms of participants' ratings of the prog

SUBMITTER: Parker PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12453593 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature