ArticleInnovation in aging2023
Testing an Intervention to Improve Posthospital Outcomes in Persons Living With Dementia and Their Family Care Partners.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical activity interventions for hospitalised people living with dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Do hospital-to-home transitions work for older adults with multiple long-term conditions including dementia? A realist review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A Cross-Lagged Panel Model Testing the Impact of Physical Activity During Hospitalization on 1- and 6-Month Discharge Physical Activity and Adverse Events Among Older Adults With Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Trial
- Mediating role of care partner burden among dementia care partners during post-hospital transition.Aging & mental health · 2024Trial
- Understanding Risks in the Care of People With Dementia in Acute Hospital Settings: Definitions, Types and Management Strategies-A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Hospital-to-Home Neurological Transition Care: A Scoping Review Across Selected Chronic Neurological Disorders.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dementia Care Partner Health Literacy as a Mediator Between Education and Burden at Hospital Discharge.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Function focused care in hospital among nurses and patients from geriatric and neurology wards: A mixed method process evaluation.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Transitional Care Interventions in Improving Patient and Caregiver Outcomes After Discharge: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Dementia Care Partner Preparedness and Desire to Seek Long-Term Care at Hospital Discharge: Mediating Roles of Care Receiver Clinical Factors.Clinical gerontologistArticle
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Hospitalized persons living with dementia are at risk for functional decline, behavioral symptoms of distress, and delirium, all persisting in the postacute period. In turn, family care partners (FCPs) experience increased anxiety and lack of preparedness for caregiving, compounding existing strain and burden. Family-centered Function-focused Care (Fam-FFC) purposefully engages FCPs in assessment, decision-making, care delivery, and evaluation of function-focused care during and after hospitalization (within 48 hours of discharge, weekly telephone calls for a total of 7 additional weeks, then monthly for 4 months). The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of Fam-FFC. Research Design and Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial included 455 dyads of persons living with dementia and FCPs in 6 medical units in 3 hospitals. Patient outcomes included return to baseline physical function, behavioral symptoms of distress, depressive symptoms, and delirium severity. Family care partner measures included preparedness for caregiving, anxiety, strain, and burden. Results: Multilevel level modeling demonstrated that the likelihood of returning to baseline function across time for Fam-FFC participants was twice that of the control group by the end of 6 months (OR = 2.4, Discussion and Implications: Family-centered Function-focused Care may help prevent some of the postacute functional decline and behavioral symptoms in hospitalized persons living with dementia. Further research is needed to promote sustained improvements in these symptoms with more attention to the postacute needs of the care partner.
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