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O2‐01‐04: ‘Failure to Maintain’ Dementia Patients in Hospital: a new Method of Quality Outcome Measurement Related to Nursing Care
Author(s) -
Bail Kasia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.396
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , delirium , comorbidity , population , intensive care medicine , psychological intervention , emergency medicine , nursing , psychiatry , disease , environmental health
medication management skills. Intervention costs were $250 per patient enrolled. Conclusions:C-TraC shows promise for improving the post-hospital outcomes of AD patients. An NIA-funded 5-year randomized controlled trial to determine the effects of C-TraC versus usual care for AD patients discharged from the hospital to the community is on-going, and will determine C-TraC’s impact on 30-day rehospitalizations, caregiver stress, and patient outcomes including function. US Department of Veterans Affairs and the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are funding C-TraC pilots in rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.