Meaningful Activities: Podcast with Anna Oh and Theresa Allison

GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Oct 28, 2021 · 42m

Most studies in geriatrics have used metrics such as survival time or disability in activities of daily living as their outcome measure. Many palliative care interventions are evaluated on the basis of ability to change symptoms such as pain. But these outcomes represent a thin view of the human experience. What older adults and those with serious illness often care about most is being able to do the activities that animate their lives with meaning and purpose. Participating in meaningful activities is central to quality of life, and yet is poorly captured in most outcome scales.

In this…