We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Getting to Yes or How to Encourage Person-Centered Dementia Care in Hospitals.
- Authors
McGillick, Jan; Murphy-White, Maggie
- Abstract
The Affordable Care Act's and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid's funding changes highlight how to make acute care more affordable and efficient, particularly for vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. The focus has largely been on preventing admission or readmission for those with pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and obstructive pulmonary disease. But the missing link is that many of these people also have dementia, which complicates their hospital stay and results in poor outcomes. The time has come to transform hospitals into dementia-friendly environments in which staff are well-trained in the best practices that could reduce adverse outcomes, involve families, and tap into their wisdom, while reducing costly incidents and functional decline involving persons with dementia. This article describes one model addressing this issue.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of dementia; MEDICAL education; ATTITUDE (Psychology); HOSPITALS; MEDICAL personnel; PUBLIC relations; QUALITY assurance; UNCERTAINTY; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; PATIENT-centered care; PATIENTS' families
- Publication
Generations, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 3, p92
- ISSN
0738-7806
- Publication type
Article