Testing an Intervention to Improve Posthospital Outcomes in Persons Living With Dementia and Their Family Care Partners.

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 inclu

SUBMITTER: Boltz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10573730 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature