# Enhancing Independence in Elders with Serious Illness

> **NIH NIH P30** · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2021 · $1,395,999

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Mount Sinai OAIC's innovative mission is to stimulate, develop, and fund research directed
at improving the quality of life and independence of older adults with serious illness, their
families, and other caregivers. Over the past 9 years of existence, the OAIC has emerged as a
key contributor in the movement to improve quality of care for the sickest patients in our nation's
healthcare system. We have: 1) created a new generation of geriatric palliative care researchers
who are addressing the most pressing problems of our most vulnerable patients; 2) enhanced
the evidence base for improving quality of life and independence in seriously ill older adults and
their caregivers through innovative and cutting edge research; and 3) created a national network
of geriatric palliative care researchers. The objective of this renewal application is 1) to expand
a comprehensive transdisciplinary research program focused on improving quality of life,
independence, and function and on developing and testing models of improving care for older
adults living with serious illness; 2) to identify, recruit, and train leaders in aging and palliative
care research; 3) to expand a research infrastructure that will support new and ongoing
research in the care of seriously ill older adults; and 4) to develop a research center that bridges
the transdisciplinary specialties of geriatrics and palliative care and that will serve as a model for
research that has not been well addressed by these two specialties.
 We approach the work of advancing research in geriatric palliative care and its translation by
considering the full range of translational research and through a comprehensive framework of
connected and coordinated activities that starts with creating a pipeline of trainees, supporting
their research development, providing infrastructure and resources for research, nurturing and
facilitating collaborative research, and ends with targeted efforts to disseminate the work to
improve the life of older persons and their families. We bring together research resources at
Mount Sinai, engage other experts in the region, and leverage a national network of experts and
trainees through the National Palliative Care Research Center. To amplify the OAIC's impact,
we also propose new innovative initiatives, including the formation of a new Pepper Center
Palliative Care Network and two cross-cutting themes focused on dementia and the often-
neglected and final step of translational research—the adoption of the findings of research into
practice. By strategically leveraging local and national resources and building on other
successful programs, the OAIC proposes to maximize its impact by creating a Center that is
comprehensive in scope, significant in its local impact, and national in its reach.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10220685
- **Project number:** 5P30AG028741-12
- **Recipient organization:** ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
- **Principal Investigator:** R. Sean Morrison
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,395,999
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2010-06-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10220685

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10220685, Enhancing Independence in Elders with Serious Illness (5P30AG028741-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10220685. Licensed CC0.

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