Meeting the informational, educational, and psychosocial support needs of persons living with dementia and their family caregivers

CJ Whitlatch, S Orsulic-Jeras - The Gerontologist, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Meeting the unique and changing needs of individuals
living with Alzheimer's disease and their family caregivers can be very challenging given the …

Comparative efficacy of interventions for reducing symptoms of depression in people with dementia: systematic review and network meta-analysis

JA Watt, Z Goodarzi, AA Veroniki, V Nincic, PA Khan… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To describe the comparative efficacy of drug and non-drug interventions for
reducing symptoms of depression in people with dementia who experience depression as a …

Translating evidence-based dementia caregiving interventions into practice: State-of-the-science and next steps

LN Gitlin, K Marx, IH Stanley, N Hodgson - The Gerontologist, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Over the past 3 decades, more than 200 dementia caregiver interventions have been tested
in randomized clinical trials and found to be efficacious. Few programs have been translated …

Health care utilization and cost outcomes of a comprehensive dementia care program for Medicare beneficiaries

LA Jennings, AM Laffan, AC Schlissel… - JAMA Internal …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance An estimated 4 to 5 million Americans have Alzheimer disease or another
dementia. Objective To determine the health care utilization and cost outcomes of a …

Evidence-based interventions for transitions in care for individuals living with dementia

KB Hirschman, NA Hodgson - The Gerontologist, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Despite numerous, often predictable, transitions in
care, little is known about the core elements of successful transitions in care specifically for …

Patient and caregiver benefit from a comprehensive dementia care program: 1‐year results from the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program

DB Reuben, ZS Tan, T Romero… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Persons with Alzheimer disease and related dementias
(ADRDs) require comprehensive care that spans health systems and community‐based …

Recommendations to improve payment policies for comprehensive dementia care

K Lees Haggerty, G Epstein‐Lubow… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Access to comprehensive dementia care is limited. Recent changes in billing for
professional services, including new physician fee schedule codes, encourage clinicians to …

30‐day emergency department revisit rates among older adults with documented dementia

T Kent, A Lesser, J Israni, U Hwang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES Published literature on national emergency department (ED) revisit rates
among older adults with dementia is sparse, despite anecdotal evidence of higher ED …

Dementia care navigation: Building toward a common definition, key principles, and outcomes

BA Kallmyer, D Bass, M Baumgart… - … Research & Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
INTRODUCTION As the complexity of medical treatments and patient care systems have
increased, the concept of patient navigation is growing in both popularity and breadth of …

Care ecosystem collaborative model and health care costs in Medicare beneficiaries with dementia: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

EL Guterman, RE Kiekhofer, AJ Wood… - JAMA Internal …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Collaborative dementia care programs are effective in addressing the needs of
patients with dementia and their caregivers. However, attempts to consider effects on health …