Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia
Objective: Care partners of persons living with dementia (PLWD) often feel unprepared to care for their loved ones. Improving PLWD care partner identification and education during hospital stays can improve preparedness. This retrospective EHR study investigated PLWD characteristics that may relate...
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| author | Austin R. Medlin Nicole E. Werner Catherine Z. Still Andrea L. Strayer Beth E. Fields |
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| description | Objective: Care partners of persons living with dementia (PLWD) often feel unprepared to care for their loved ones. Improving PLWD care partner identification and education during hospital stays can improve preparedness. This retrospective EHR study investigated PLWD characteristics that may relate to care partner identification, education, and teaching methods during hospital stays. Methods: Encounters from a Midwestern academic healthcare system were used. Patients were over 18, had a documented dementia diagnosis, were admitted to the hospital for at least 24 h, and had information documented in care partner or education data fields (N = 7982). Logistic regressions assessed patient's demographics, care partner identification and education. Chi-square tests compared education teaching methods and patient discharge location. Results: PLWD's who were unmarried, discharged to other care facilities, or received the diagnosis “degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol” were associated with lacking care partner identification. Care partners of unmarried PLWDs or those with the diagnosis “Alzheimer's disease, unspecified” received less education. Multiple teaching methods were associated with discharge location. Conclusion: Multiple characteristics were related to PLWD care partner identification and education differences during hospital stays. Innovation: Novel analyses highlight need for a protocol to systematically prepare dementia care partners. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fdf125d6bf7849bb916632a3a2b499ff2025-08-20T02:39:15ZengElsevierPEC Innovation2772-62822024-12-01510032010.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100320Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementiaAustin R. Medlin0Nicole E. Werner1Catherine Z. Still2Andrea L. Strayer3Beth E. Fields4Department of Health & Wellness Design, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, USADepartment of Health & Wellness Design, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, USADepartment of Kinesiology, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USACollege of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USADepartment of Kinesiology, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA; Corresponding author at: 2170 Medical Science Center, 1300 University Ave, Madison, WI, USA.Objective: Care partners of persons living with dementia (PLWD) often feel unprepared to care for their loved ones. Improving PLWD care partner identification and education during hospital stays can improve preparedness. This retrospective EHR study investigated PLWD characteristics that may relate to care partner identification, education, and teaching methods during hospital stays. Methods: Encounters from a Midwestern academic healthcare system were used. Patients were over 18, had a documented dementia diagnosis, were admitted to the hospital for at least 24 h, and had information documented in care partner or education data fields (N = 7982). Logistic regressions assessed patient's demographics, care partner identification and education. Chi-square tests compared education teaching methods and patient discharge location. Results: PLWD's who were unmarried, discharged to other care facilities, or received the diagnosis “degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol” were associated with lacking care partner identification. Care partners of unmarried PLWDs or those with the diagnosis “Alzheimer's disease, unspecified” received less education. Multiple teaching methods were associated with discharge location. Conclusion: Multiple characteristics were related to PLWD care partner identification and education differences during hospital stays. Innovation: Novel analyses highlight need for a protocol to systematically prepare dementia care partners.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628224000682Alzheimer's disease and related dementiasCaregivingInclusionHospital careElectronic health records |
| spellingShingle | Austin R. Medlin Nicole E. Werner Catherine Z. Still Andrea L. Strayer Beth E. Fields Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia PEC Innovation Alzheimer's disease and related dementias Caregiving Inclusion Hospital care Electronic health records |
| title | Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia |
| title_full | Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia |
| title_short | Factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia |
| title_sort | factors associated with care partner identification and education among hospitalized persons living with dementia |
| topic | Alzheimer's disease and related dementias Caregiving Inclusion Hospital care Electronic health records |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628224000682 |
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