Program Area: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Barbara Resnick, PhD, FGSA
Professor
Organizational Systems and Adult Health
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP
Professor and Chair
Nursing
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Ashley Kuzmik, DrPH, MPH
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Nursing
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Brittany Drazich, PhD, MSN, RN
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Marie Boltz, PhD, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Professor
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Penn State
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
To help patients spend more time engaged in physical activities and avoid the complications that occur Function Focused Care for Acute Care was developed (FFC-AC-EIT). FFC-AC-EIT includes the implementation of four steps: (1) Environment and policy assessments; (2) Education of staff; (3) Establishing patient goals; and (4) Mentoring and motivating of staff, patients, and families. A total of 600 patients from 12 hospitals will be included. Eligibility of patients is based on being 55 years of age and older, admitted for a medical reasons excluding COVID-19, and demonstrating evidence of dementia. Outcome measures are obtained at baseline, discharge, 1, 6 and 12 months post discharge and include physical function, physical activity, pain and pain management, psychological and behavioral symptoms associated with dementia, delirium and adverse events (falls, rehospitalizations, nursing home admissions). Due to COVID-19 innovative approaches were implemented to be able to initiate and continue with the study. These included: identifying potential participants that were COVID-19 free off site; transitioning some intervention activities with staff to online; completing verbal consent with proxies versus face to face; adjusting follow up MotionWatch 8 deliveries and placements to be done without face to face interaction; and adjusting recruitment time periods and intervention activities to fit with intermittently high periods of COVID-19. This symposium will describe intervention challenges, solutions and lessons learned, describe an effective process and measurement model for identification of participants with dementia; and provide optimal ways to measure pain and physical activity among older adults with dementia.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP – University of Maryland, Baltimore
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Ashley Kuzmik, DrPH, MPH – Penn State University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Brittany F. Drazich, PhD, MSN, RN – University of Maryland
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Marie Boltz, PhD, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN – Penn State