Resilient Living Program for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers

Resilient Living Program for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers

Researchers are trying to find out if the Resilient Living Program will improve quality of life, stress, anxiety, sleep, fatigue, and resilience in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers.

Inclusion Criteria for patients:

• Age ≥18 years
• English fluency
• No diagnosed severe cognitive impairment
• Diagnosis of stage IV solid tumor cancer
• Expected prognosis >6 <18 months
• Provide written informed consent
• Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance
• Patient baseline distress score ≥4/10 OR identified as having distress that would benefit from program by care team or provider
• Ability to do first Resilient Living session in person

Inclusion Criteria for caregivers:

• Self-identifies as a caregiver of a patient that meets the above cancer diagnosis criteria, and who also participates in the study
• Provide written informed consent
• Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance
• Age ≥18 years
• English fluency
• No diagnosed severe cognitive impairment
• Ability to do first Resilient Living session in person

Exclusion Criteria:

• As determined through self-report, those diagnosed with a history of a psychotic episode will be excluded.
• Other psychological co-morbidities such as untreated schizophrenia, bipolar disease