ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2022
Optimal Emergency Department Care Practices for Persons Living With Dementia: A Scoping Review.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Advancing dementia-friendly hospital care: a systematic review of healthcare professionals' reported barriers and facilitators using the theoretical domains framework.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review Evaluating Pain Assessment Strategies for Patients With Dementia in the Emergency Department: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions for persons living with dementia: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of a Geriatric Emergency Department Multidisciplinary Intervention on Functional Status and Quality of Life: A Pre/Post Cohort Study.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Trial
- Ambulatory Care Follow-Up and Fragmentation After Emergency Department Visits Among Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Association of Geriatric Emergency Department Care With Hospitalization and Mortality in Older Adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Emergency Department Utilisation and Related Costs in People With and Without Dementia in Their Last Years of Life.Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA · 2026Article
- Beyond Triage: Cognitive Profiles and ED-To-Inpatient Costs and Resource Pathways in Older Adults.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the Caregiver-reported Outcome Measure for Emergency care Transitions (COMET) tool.Alzheimer's & dementia. Behavior & socioeconomics of aging · 2026Article
- Disposition at Equipoise: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians' Decision-Making About Hospitalizing People With Dementia.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- What Matters Most to People Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners During Emergency Department Visits.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Visit Characteristics of Emergency Departments Caring for Persons Living With Dementia: A Nationally Representative Sample.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- A Qualitative Study of Health Priorities of People With Dementia and Care Partners in Emergency Department and Hospital Care in a Public Safety-Net Setting.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Emergency Department Care Coordination Program for Assisted Living Residents With Dementia: A Qualitative Study.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Experiences of the emergency department environment: a qualitative study with caregivers of people with dementia.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Novel algorithms & blood-based biomarkers: Dementia detection and care transitions for persons living with dementia in the emergency department.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
- Moving beyond tokenism: Sustaining engagement of persons living with dementia in identifying emergency research priorities.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Emergency Care for Persons Living with Dementia.Emergency medicine clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Emergency Nurses' Perspectives on Adopting Geriatric Screenings for Cognitive Impairment: A Qualitative Study.Journal of emergency nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo summarize research on optimal emergency department (ED) care practices for persons living with dementia (PLWDs) and develop research priorities.
designSystematic scoping review. SETTINGS AND
participantsPLWDs in the ED.
methodsThe following Patient-Intervention-Comparison-Outcome (PICO) questions were developed: PICO 1, What components of emergency department care improve patient-centered outcomes for persons with dementia? PICO 2, How do emergency care needs for persons with dementia differ from other patients in the emergency department? A scoping review was conducted following PRISMA-ScR guidelines and presented to the Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research 2.0 Advancing Dementia Care network to inform research priorities.
resultsFrom the 6348 publications identified, 23 were abstracted for PICO 1 and 26 were abstracted for PICO 2. Emergency care considerations for PLWDs included functional dependence, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, and identification of and management of pain. Concerns regarding ED care processes, the ED environment, and meeting a PWLD's basic needs were described. A comprehensive geriatric assessment and dedicated ED unit, a home hospital program, and a low-stimulation bed shade and contact-free monitor all showed improvement in patient-centered or health care use outcomes. However, all were single-site studies evaluating different outcomes. These results informed the following research priorities: (1) training and dementia care competencies; (2) patient-centric and care partner-centric evaluation interventions; (3) the impact of community- and identity-based factors on ED care for PLWDs; (4) economic or other implementation science measures to address viability; and (5) environmental, operational, personnel, system, or policy changes to improve ED care for PLWDs. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: A wide range of components of both ED care practices and ED care needs for PLWDs have been studied. Although many interventions show positive results, the lack of depth and reproducible results prevent specific recommendations on best practices in ED care for PLWDs.
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