Patterns of Care Partner Communication for Persons Living with Dementia in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nearly half of all persons living with dementia (PLwD) will visit the emergency department (ED) in any given year and ED visits by PLwD are associated with short-term adverse outcomes. Care partner engagement is critical in the care of PLwD, but little is known about their patterns of communication with ED clinicians.

Methods

We performed a retrospective electronic health record (EHR) review of a random sampling of patients ≥ 65 years with a historical diagnosis code of dementia who visited an ED within a large regional health network between 1/2014 and 1/2022. ED notes within the EHRs were coded for documentation of care partner communication and presence of a care partner in the ED. Logistic regression was used to identify patient characteristics associated wi

SUBMITTER: Haimovich AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698392 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature