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 health care workforce as well as little dementia training among generalist health care workers leads to suboptimal care for persons living with dementia (PLWD). In particular, few evidence-based interventions exist to improve the quality of dementia care among hospice interdisciplinary teams caring for PLWD. Aliviado Dementia Care —Hospice Edition is a quality assurance and performance improvement program that includes training, mentoring, and workflow enhancements, which 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