Partners in Dementia Care: A Care Coordination Intervention for Individuals With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers | Zendy

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Partners in Dementia Care: A Care Coordination Intervention for Individuals With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers

Author(s) -

Katherine S. Judge,

David M. Bass,

A. Lynn Snow,

Nancy Wilson,

Robert O. Morgan,

Wendy J. Looman,

Catherine McCarthy,

Mark E. Kunik

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnq097

Subject(s) - dementia , intervention (counseling) , veterans affairs , family caregivers , nursing , psychology , protocol (science) , medicine , action (physics) , gerontology , disease , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics

This article provides a detailed description of a telephone-based care coordination intervention, Partners in Dementia Care (PDC), for veterans with dementia and their family caregivers. Essential features of PDC included (a) formal partnerships between Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and Alzheimer's Association Chapters; (b) a multidimensional assessment and treatment approach, (c) ongoing monitoring and long-term relationships with families, and (d) a computerized information system to guide service delivery and fidelity monitoring.

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