BOLSTER: Learning New Skills to Thrive

Summary

This research study is evaluating a new program called Building Out Lifelines for Safety, Trust, Empowerment, and Renewal or (BOLSTER), which was designed to support participants with a gynecological or gastrointestinal cancer and new and complex care needs.

Eligibility

Participant Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥18 years
* Currently hospitalized with skilled care need or have acquired a new skilled care need as an outpatient
* Diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, colorectal, unknown GI primary, anal) or advanced gynecologic cancer (ovarian, endometrial, cervical, vaginal, vulvar)
* Has a complex care need (e.g., ostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, nephrostomy, biliary drain, venting gastric tube, feeding tube, intraabdominal or pleural catheter, wound VAC)
* Plans to receive ongoing cancer treatment
* Has a family caregiver or friend (hereafter designated family caregiver) willing to participate
* Able to speak and read English or Spanish (self-report)
* Are willing to be audio-recorded
* Have the cognitive/physical ability to participate in a 60-minute interview

Family or Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Identified by a patient (as defined above) as a family or friend who is involved in their care.
* Willing to participate in study visits
* Willing to be audio recorded

Participant Exclusion Criteria:

* Has cognitive impairments (as determined by the patient's oncologist)
* Planning to enroll in hospice
* Unable to complete baseline survey
* Adults unable to consent
* Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
* Prisoners

Family or Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to complete baseline survey
* Adults unable to consent
* Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
* Prisoners

Conditions4

Locations2 sites

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