Appendix A

Statement of Task

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planning committee will organize and host a 1.5-day public workshop that will examine opportunities to better support family caregiving for people with cancer or other serious illnesses. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include

• Strategies to better capture, understand, and act on family caregiver input and experience to improve patient care and to support family caregivers.
• Research gaps and opportunities to improve the evidence base to guide caregiving for patients with serious illnesses.
• Potential policy and practice opportunities to support family caregivers and advance family-centered care for serious illness, including new models of care delivery and payment.
• Opportunities to better embed a health equity focus across family caregiving research, policy, and practice.
• Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., use of telehealth and other remote technologies) that could be applied in the context of caregiving for people with cancer and other serious illnesses.

The planning committee will develop the agenda for the workshop sessions, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discus-

sions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.