The Impact of Aliviado Dementia Care-Hospice Edition Training Program on Hospice Staff ’s Dementia Symptom Knowledge

As the aging population grows, the incidence of dementia continues to increase substantially. However, the lack of a significant geriatric healthcare workforce as well as little dementia training amongst generalist healthcare workers leads to sub-optimal care for persons living with dementia (PLWD). In particular, few evidence-based interventions exist to improve the quality of dementia care amongst hospice interdisciplinary teams (IDT) caring for PLWD. Aliviado Dementia Care-Hospice Edition is a quality assurance and performance improvement program that includes training, mentoring and workflow enhancements, that aims to improve quality of hospice care provided to PLWD and their caregivers.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research