Can a lay coach ease the burden for cancer caregivers?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Multi-Year Funded Merit Award - Years 6-7: Because this R37 extension study proposes long-term follow-up of existing and future parent trial participants, the eligibility criteria of FCGs and patients is the same as for the parent trial as listed below. FAMILY CAREGIVERS Inclusion Criteria: * Self-endorsing or identified by the patient as "an unpaid spouse/partner, relative or friend who knows them well and who provides regular support due to their cancer and who does not have to live in the same dwelling" * Either: a) caring for a patient residing in a rural zip code (classified by the U.S. Census' Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCAs) system as small rural, large rural, and isolated \[hereafter referred to as "rural"\]) or b) be African-American * Caring for a patient with advanced-stage cancer (see definition under Patient Inclusion criteria below) * Caregivers will NOT need to have an agreeable patient willing to participate in the study * English-speaking and able to complete baseline measures Exclusion Criteria: * Self-reported active severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder), dementia, active suicidal ideation, uncorrected hearing loss, or active substance abuse PATIENTS (data collection only) Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed within past 60 days of initial pre-screening with an advanced cancer, defined as metastatic and/or recurrent/progressive stage III/IV cancer, including brain, lung, breast, gynecologic, head and neck, gastrointestinal, genitourinary cancer, and hematologic malignancies * English-speaking and able to complete baseline measures Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving hospice; or * Medical record documentation or self-report of active severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder), dementia, active suicidal ideation, uncorrected hearing loss, or active substance abuse.