Caregiver preparedness is associated with desire to seek long‐term care admission of hospitalized persons with dementia.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kuzmik, Ashley; BeLue, Rhonda; Resnick, Barbara; Rodriguez, Marleny; Berish, Diane; Galvin, James E.; Boltz, Marie
- Source
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Sep2023, Vol. 38 Issue 9, p1-9. 9p.
- Subject
- *CAREGIVER attitudes
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*PATIENTS
*DEMENTIA patients
*HOSPITAL admission & discharge
*HOSPITAL care
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*RESEARCH funding
*LONG-term health care
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
- Language
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
Introduction: Hospitalized patients with dementia are more likely to be discharged to long‐term care compared to persons without dementia. Little research has been conducted to examine the associations of caregiver preparedness and strain with desire to seek long‐term care in hospitalized persons with dementia at discharge. The purpose of this study was to examine caregiver preparedness and strain as factors associated with desire to seek long‐term care admission in caregivers of persons with dementia at hospital discharge. Methods: Patient baseline and discharge data, and caregiver discharge data of 424 patient and caregiver dyads from a cluster randomized trial was used. Stepwise multiple linear regression was conducted to examine factors associated with caregiver desire to seek long‐term care. Results: After controlling for caregiver and patient characteristics, lower caregiver preparedness (β = −0.069; p < 0.016) was significantly associated with increased desire to seek long‐term care. Discussion: Findings underscore the need for clinicians and service providers to provide further attention to caregiver preparedness throughout the course of hospitalization. Key points: Dementia is the most common reason for admission to long‐term care among older adults.Understanding modifiable factors associated with desire to seek long‐term care at hospital discharge is needed to possibly avoid unnecessary and/or undesired long‐term care admissions.Lower caregiver preparedness was associated with increased desire to seek long‐term care in hospitalized persons with dementia.Attention to the needs of caregivers of persons living with dementia during post‐hospital transition may minimize undesired long‐term care admissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]