{"id":325,"date":"2021-09-16T13:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/enable\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2025-03-30T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T15:48:38","slug":"palliative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/enable\/our-research\/palliative\/","title":{"rendered":"Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The goal of this work is to to help patients with life-limiting illnesses talk with their families and providers about what matters most at the end-of-life and to provide support to family members while they are caregiving and during bereavement<\/span><\/strong>. Dr. Ashare aims to build on her foundation as a clinical psychologist and behavioral scientist to identify barriers to the implementation of psychological interventions in the context of palliative care, including patients and caregivers. In addition, understanding the dynamic patterns of language that contribute to \u2018effective\u2019 serious illness communication among patients, families, and providers is essential to providing support to bereaved families and caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this end, Dr. Ashare has developed collaborations with palliative care physicians, nurses, and social workers, and researchers who study coping in serious illness, serious illness communication, and interventions to support caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Support for Caregivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ashare is a collaborator on a randomized controlled trial evaluating health coaching intervention for caregivers of patients with heart failure<\/a> led by Dr. Barbara Riegel at the University of Pennsylvania. This study is evaluating whether the intervention, delivered remotely via a tablet, can improve self-care among caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ashare has also published on the impact of caregiving on mental health<\/a> and the different illness-related concerns prioritized by caregivers compared to patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Support for Grief and Loss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ashare’s clinical<\/span> <\/strong>interests are in providing support to individuals experiencing grief and loss. Loss is an unavoidable human experience and can include bereavement as well as ambiguous or nonfinite losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This work is grounded in principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and meaning reconstruction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grief and Loss Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portland Institute for Loss and Transition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping 1st Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Robert A. Neimeyer<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Therese A. Rando <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Websites<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refuge in Grief-Megan Devine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot Young Widows Club – Nora McInerny<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Levoy K, Wool J, Ashare RL, Rosa WE, Barg FK, Meghani SH: \u201cIt\u2019s Rougher on Me than it is on Him\u201d: Family Caregiver-generated and Prioritized Illness Concerns while Patients Undergo Cancer Treatments. JCO Oncology Practice, in press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Longacre ML, Brewer B, Hubbard A, Ashare RL, Patterson F. Caregiver Health by Context: Moderating Effects of Mental Health and Health Behaviors. West J Nurs Res. 2021 Jul;43(7):622-630. doi: 10.1177\/0193945920964936. Epub 2020 Oct 26. PMID: 33100185.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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