Lay Coach-Led Early Palliative Care for Underserved Advanced Cancer Caregivers: The Project ENABLE Cornerstone RCT

The ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) Cornerstone intervention is led by a specially-trained lay coach who is overseen by an interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care team, who employs health coaching techniques and caregiver distress assessment to behaviorally activate and reinforce psychoeducation on managing stress and coping, getting and asking for help, improving caregiving skills, and decision-making/advance care planning over 6 brief in-person/telephonic sessions plus monthly follow-up from diagnosis through early bereavement.