ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2021
Assessing and Addressing Family Caregivers' Needs and Risks in Primary Care.
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- Learning Experiences of Future Healthcare Support Workers Enrolled in a Dual Mode Vocational Training Programme.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Catalyzing dementia care through the learning health system and consumer health information technology.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- What Motivates Physicians to Address Caregiver Needs? The Role of Experiential Similarity.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Dynamics of Interaction among Professionals, Informal Supporters, and Family Caregivers of People with Dementia along the Dementia Care Pathway: A Nationwide Survey in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo characterize current practices, barriers, and facilitators to assessing and addressing family caregivers' needs and risks in primary care.
designCross-sectional, national mail-based survey.
settingAmerican Medical Association Masterfile database.
participantsU.S. primary care physicians (N = 106), including general internists (n = 44) and geriatricians (n = 62). MEASUREMENTS: Approaches to assessing and addressing family caregivers' needs and risks; barriers and facilitators to conducting caregiver assessments.
resultsFew respondents reported conducting a formal caregiver assessment using a standardized instrument in the past year (10.5%). Informal, unstructured discussions about caregivers' needs and risks were common and encompassed a range of issues, most frequently caregivers' management of patients' safety (41.0%), ability to provide assistance (40.0%), and need for support (40.0%). To address caregiver needs, most respondents endorsed referring patients to services (e.g., adult day care, home care) (69.8%), assessing the appropriateness of the patient's living situation (67.9%), and referring caregivers to community agencies (63.2%). Lack of time was the most frequently cited barrier to assessing caregivers' needs (81.1%). The most commonly endorsed facilitators were access to better referral options (67.0%) and easier referral mechanisms (65.1%). Practice patterns, barriers, and facilitators to caregiver assessment did not differ by physician type.
conclusionsPrimary care physicians use informal, unstructured discussions rather than standardized instruments to assess caregivers' needs and risks. There is heterogeneity in the topics discussed and types of referrals made. Findings indicate the lack of translation of caregiver assessment tools from research to practice.
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