A novel intervention to improve care for older sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults with serious illness and especially those with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)

项目摘要/摘要：收集有关性行为的代表性和包容性数据 性取向和性别认同（SOGI）是打击破坏性的 影响性和性别少数（SGM）老年人的健康差距。这是特别 对于ADRD患者至关重要，ADRD被广泛认为是一种家族疾病， 积极的护理人员参与，特别是晚期疾病。未能收集和整合 SOGI数据用于识别患者的非正式支持系统可能对健康不利 对SGM老年人的影响，特别是对那些依赖非正式照顾者的人， 提供家庭支持并协助日常生活活动。识别不当 选定的家庭和照顾者造成了不完全的照顾和被剥夺权利的悲伤。 鉴于SGM老年人经历的历史歧视， 如果没有适当的培训，有可能伤害病人，使工作人员感到不适，而不是 促进包容性互动。对于这个职业发展奖，我建议将SOGI 数据收集的挑战，从病人和照顾者登记在临终关怀，同时探索 未充分研究的交叉点，例如SGM人患有ADRD，以及它们如何影响员工 提供以人为本的护理的方法。这些见解将用于开发和试点 测试一项干预措施，以培训临终关怀跨学科团队（IDT）工作人员敏感地收集和 利用SOGI数据改善与SGM患者和护理人员的沟通。候选人， 导师和建议的培训：我是科罗拉多大学的助理教授 医学院。我的长期目标是成为交流老化研究的领导者 通过更有效的方法，集中沟通。这项工作将利用我的背景作为一个沟通健康 研究人员，我以前的研究与临终关怀和老年SGM社区，包括那些 与ADRD一起生活，以及我作为SGM人的生活经历。研究计划：我的研究目标 1）描述与SGM患者和护理人员沟通的障碍和促进因素 患有严重疾病的人，特别是ADRD患者; 2）发展 对临终关怀IDT成员进行教育干预，以改善与老年SGM的沟通 患者;和3）试点测试一种新的沟通训练干预的可行性， 接受行为改变，进行有意义的对话。我的培训目标包括 在以下方面发展更多的专门知识：1）检验假设和评估的统计方法 临床试验干预; 2）基于社区的利益相关者参与和生物伦理 干预开发; 3）临床试验和干预开发与评估。 这个K 01对我成为SGM老化研究的独立领导者至关重要。含义： 该项目不仅将为如何改进SOGI数据收集提供信息， 沟通行为改变，以促进与SGM老年人进行有意义的对话， 包括ADRD患者及其临终护理人员。

Project Summary/Abstract: Collecting representative and inclusive data about sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is a critical component of combating the devastating health disparities affecting sexual and gender minority (SGM) older adults. This is particularly crucial for patients living with ADRD, which is widely regarded as a family disease requiring the active caregiver involvement, particularly with advanced disease. Failure to collect and integrate SOGI data to identify patients’ informal support systems may have adverse health consequences for SGM older adults, particularly for those dependent on informal caregivers to provide in-home support and assist with activities of daily living. Improper identification of chosen family and caregivers contributes to incomplete care delivery and disenfranchised grief. Given the historical discrimination experienced by older SGM people, adding SOGI questions without proper training has the potential to harm patients and create staff discomfort rather than foster inclusive interactions. For this career development award, I propose to characterize SOGI data collection challenges from patients and caregivers enrolling in hospice while exploring understudied intersections, such as SGM people living with ADRD, and how they affect staff approaches to delivering person-centered care. These insights will be used to develop and pilot test an intervention to train hospice interdisciplinary team (IDT) staff to sensitively collect and utilize SOGI data to improve communication with SGM patients and caregivers. Candidate, Mentors and Proposed Training: I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. My long-term goal is to become a leader in communication aging research to reduce health disparities by affecting change for SGM older adults via more effective, personcentered communication. This work will harness my background as a communication health researcher, my previous research with hospices and older SGM communities including those living with ADRD, and my lived experience as a SGM person. Research Plan: My research aims to: 1) characterize barriers and facilitators to communicating with SGM patients and caregivers who have a serious illness, with a special emphasis on those with ADRD; 2) develop an educational intervention for hospice IDT members to improve communication with older SGM patients; and 3) pilot test a novel communication training intervention for feasibility and acceptability of behavior change to engage in meaningful dialogue. My training goals include developing additional expertise in: 1) statistical methods for testing hypotheses and evaluating clinical trial interventions; 2) community-based stakeholder engagement and bioethical intervention development; and 3) clinical trials and intervention development and evaluation. This K01 is critical to my becoming an independent leader in SGM aging research. Implication: This project will not only inform how to improve SOGI data collection but will contribute to communication behavior change to facilitate meaningful dialogue with SGM older adults, including those with ADRD, and their caregivers around the end of life.