This Issue Brief outlines recommendations, preferred tools, and approaches to help providers in community-based settings integrate functional assessment into care and identify and meet the needs of caregivers of those with serious illness.

This report is the most recent update to our trended research series, Caregiving in the U.S., conducted roughly every five years.

Patient shared decision making (PSDM) is a technique to incorporate patients’ needs and preferences into their individual treatment plans. PSDM goes beyond traditional informed consent in healthcare—it is an interpersonal, interdependent process in which healthcare providers and patients collaborate to make decisions about the care that patients receive.

This resources illustrates how faith leaders can develop stronger partnerships with community stakeholders and change how we deliver care for people with serious illness.