Social Convoy Palliative Care (Convoy-Pal) Mobile Health for Older Adults with Advanced Heart Failure

项目概要/摘要 这是NIA K76 Paul B的申报资料。Beeson Emerging Leaders职业发展奖。 博士Jennifer Dickman Portz的长期职业规划是成为开发和实施 数字支持的姑息治疗，可用于老年人与先进的疾病和他们的“社会” 护送”（即家庭成员，非正式和正式的照顾者），以有效地改善以病人家庭为中心的 健康成果。她提出的研究将完善和测试社会康复姑息治疗（康沃-托） 移动的应用程序，一种新的干预措施，将社会车队整合到数字支持的姑息治疗中， 促进晚期心力衰竭老年人的症状管理和生活质量。 候选人：Portz博士目前是医学院的T32衰老和姑息治疗研究员 他是科罗拉多大学的社会工作助理教授，也是科罗拉多州立大学和 科罗拉多公共卫生学院。 培训：拟议的K76职业发展计划旨在发展Portz博士在数字化方面的专业知识 老年姑息治疗的健康，1）临床姑息治疗培训，数字可用性测试，混合 方法、实用的临床试验和领导技能，以及2）在移动的健康领域的实践研究经验 发展Portz提出了持续的指导，课程和研究领导经验。 导师/环境：Portz博士和她的主要导师Sheana Bull博士组建了一个跨学科的 拥有数字健康、心力衰竭、老年病学、计算机科学和姑息治疗专业知识的团队， 通过拟议的培训和研究活动指导Portz博士。为了加强这个团队，一个咨询 一个由国家认可的姑息治疗、老龄化和技术以及社会工作专家组成的委员会将监测 博士波茨的职业发展进程。在科罗拉多州立大学和科罗拉多大学的支持下， 在科罗拉多，波茨博士处于有利地位，可以领导整个科罗拉多的老年姑息治疗研究工作。 研究：随着患有晚期疾病的老年人越来越依赖他人的支持来帮助管理 因此，迫切需要促进社会车队有效融入移动的社区的办法， 健康因此，该奖项的目的是使用心力衰竭特异性姑息治疗作为一种模式， 设计，可用性和可行性的数字支持姑息治疗的老年用户和他们的社会车队。 博士Portz将与她的导师一起开发，完善和测试Convoy-Eye。 Portz博士提出了一种以患者家庭为中心的方法来设计和评价第一种 以运输为中心的心力衰竭姑息治疗特定移动的应用。她有一个跨学科的 指导小组，以确保完成拟议的研究和免费培训。比森 该奖项将使Portz博士能够战略性地发展她的领导技能，成为创新者和变革者。 数字健康和社会工作研究的代理人，用于老年姑息治疗。 !

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This is a submission for the NIA K76 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging. Dr. Jennifer Dickman Portz’s long-term career plan is to become a leader in developing and implementing digitally-supported palliative care that can be used by older adults with advanced illnesses and their “social convoy” (i.e. family members, informal and formal caregivers) to effectively improve patient-family centered health outcomes. Her proposed research will refine and test the Social Convoy Palliative Care (Convoy-Pal) mobile application, a new intervention that integrates the social convoy in digitally-supported palliative care to promote symptom management and quality of life among older adults with advanced heart failure. Candidate: Dr. Portz is currently a T32 Aging and Palliative Care Research Fellow in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, and an Assistant Professor of social work at Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Public Health. Training: The proposed K76 career development plan is designed to develop Dr. Portz’s expertise in digital health for geriatric palliative care with 1) training in clinical palliative care, digital usability testing, mixed methods, pragmatic clinical trials, and leadership skills, and 2) hands-on research experience in mobile health development. Dr. Portz proposes ongoing mentorship, coursework, and research leadership experience. Mentors/Environment: Dr. Portz and her primary mentor, Dr. Sheana Bull, assembled an interdisciplinary team with expertise in digital health, heart failure, geriatrics, computer science, and palliative care who will mentor Dr. Portz through the proposed training and research activities. To augment this team, an advisory commitee of nationally recognized experts in palliative care, aging and technology, and social work will monitor Dr. Portz’s career development progress. With support from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado, Dr. Portz is well-positioned to lead geriatric palliative care research efforts across Colorado. Research: As older adults with advanced illness increasingly rely on the support of others to help manage their health, there is a critical need to foster approaches for effective integration of the social convoy in mobile health. Thus, the objective of this award is to use heart failure specific palliative care as a model to investigate the design, usability, and feasibility of digitally supported palliative care by older users and their social convoy. Dr. Portz will work with her mentors to develop, refine, and test the Convoy-Pal. Summary: Dr. Portz proposes a patient-family centered approach to the design and evaluation of the first convoy-focused heart failure palliative care specific mobile application. She has an established interdisciplinary mentorship team to ensure the completion of the proposed research and complimentary training. The Beeson Award will enable Dr. Portz to strategically develop her leadership skills to become an innovator and change agent in digital health and social work research for geriatric palliative care. !