The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if it is possible to deliver a palliative care intervention called ALIGN (Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs) to hospitalized older adults with advanced cancer who are discharged to a skilled nursing facility and their caregivers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the investigator successfully deliver the ALIGN intervention in different skilled community nursing facilities? * Can the investigator successfully collect information from participants throughout the study? * How can the investigator best prepare caregivers to make medical decisions for loved ones that become unable to do so themselves? Researchers will compare ALIGN to care as it is usually delivered. Participants will: * Visit virtually with an ALIGN palliative care social worker every 1-2 weeks during their skilled nursing facility stay and up to 45 days after discharge from the facility or will see a palliative care clinician if recommended by their oncologist or other involved clinician. * Participants will provide information about how they are doing 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after enrolling in the study.
Age range
18 Years – 98 Years
Sex
ALL
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Intervention fidelity as assessed by fidelity checklist
Timeframe: 2.5 years
Intervention fidelity as assessed by audio-recordings
Timeframe: 2.5 years
Assessment of treatment contamination in community skilled nursing facilities
Timeframe: 2.5 years
The proportion (% total) of screened patients that are eligible for enrollment in the trial
Timeframe: 2.5 years
The proportion (% total) of enrolled patients that are assessed for patient-centered outcomes
Timeframe: 2.5 years
The proportion (% total) of enrolled caregivers that are assessed for person-centered outcomes
Timeframe: 2.5 years
The proportion (% total) of enrolled patients that are randomized
Timeframe: 2.5 years
The proportion (% total) of enrolled caregivers that are randomized
Timeframe: 2.5 years