Caregiver Experience of Tele-dementia Care for Older Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For the 5 million persons living with dementia (PLWD) in the USA, telemedicine may improve access to specialty care from their homes.

Objective

To elicit informal caregiver perceptions of tele-dementia care provided during COVID-19.

Design

Qualitative, observational study using grounded theory.

Participants

Informal caregivers aged 18 + who cared for an older adult who received tele-dementia services at two major VA healthcare systems participated in 30-60-min semi-structured telephone interviews.

Interventions

Interviews were designed using Fortney's Access to Care model.

Main measures

Thirty caregivers (mean age = 67, SD = 12, 87% women) were interviewed.

Key results

Five major themes were (1) Tele-dementia care avoids routine

SUBMITTER: Iyer SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153773 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature