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ArticleGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)

Written discharge communication of diagnostic and decision-making information for persons living with dementia during hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions.

Laura Block, Melissa Hovanes, Andrea L Gilmore-Bykovskyi

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Article in Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Laura BlockUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, United States.
Melissa HovanesUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, United States.
Andrea L Gilmore-BykovskyiUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, United States; University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Madison, WI, United States; William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Madison, WI, United States. Electronic address: algilmore@wisc.edu.

Funding

Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG062715 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Dorothy Farrar Edwards · 2019 to 2026
$34.5M
Novel Approaches to Identifying and Engaging Disadvantaged Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in Clinical ResearchK76AG060005 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GILMORE-BYKOVSKYI, ANDREA L · 2018 to 2022
$1.1M
The Hospital Discharge Summary's Impact on Sub-Acute Care Patient OutcomesK23AG034551 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI KIND, AMY J. · 2010 to 2012
$556k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG034551NIA NIH HHS K76 AG060005NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital-to-skilled nursing facility (SNF) transitions constitute a vulnerable point in care for people with dementia and often precede important care decisions. These decisions necessitate accurate diagnostic/decision-making information, including dementia diagnosis, power of attorney for health care (POAHC), and code status; however, inter-setting communication during hospital-to-SNF transitions is suboptimal. This retrospective cohort study examined omissions of diagnostic/decision-making information in written discharge communication during hospital-to-SNF transitions. Omission rates were 22% for dementia diagnosis, 82% and 88% for POAHC and POAHC activation respectively, and 70% for code status. Findings highlight the need to clarify and intervene upon causes of hospital-to-SNF communication gaps.

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DementiaSkilled Nursing FacilitiesCommunicationHospitalsHumansPatient DischargePatient TransferRetrospective StudiesDecision-makingDementiaDischarge summaryTransitional care

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PMID35569425
PMCPMC9327092

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