TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality improvement in neurology
T2 - Dementia management quality measures (executive summary)
AU - Odenheimer, Germaine
AU - Borson, Soo
AU - Sanders, Amy E.
AU - Swain-Eng, Rebecca J.
AU - Kyomen, Helen H.
AU - Tierney, Samantha
AU - Gitlin, Laura
AU - Forciea, Mary Ann
AU - Absher, John
AU - Shega, Joseph
AU - Johnson, Jerry
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - This article represents the efforts of an interdisciplinary work group, the Dementia Measures Work Group (DWG), composed of representatives of diverse national organizations who convened specifically to define optimal standards of dementia care for individual practitioners as well as multidisciplinary teams. The DWG measurement set includes all stages of dementia in a single measure set, calls for the use of functional staging in planning care, prompts the use of validated instruments in patient and caregiver assessment and intervention, highlights the relevance of using palliative care concepts to guide care prior to the advanced stages of illness, and provides evidence-based support for its recommendations and guidance on the selection of instruments for tracking patient-centered outcomes. In addition, it specifies annual reassessment and updating of interventions and care plans for dementia-related problems that affect families and other caregivers as well as patients.
AB - This article represents the efforts of an interdisciplinary work group, the Dementia Measures Work Group (DWG), composed of representatives of diverse national organizations who convened specifically to define optimal standards of dementia care for individual practitioners as well as multidisciplinary teams. The DWG measurement set includes all stages of dementia in a single measure set, calls for the use of functional staging in planning care, prompts the use of validated instruments in patient and caregiver assessment and intervention, highlights the relevance of using palliative care concepts to guide care prior to the advanced stages of illness, and provides evidence-based support for its recommendations and guidance on the selection of instruments for tracking patient-centered outcomes. In addition, it specifies annual reassessment and updating of interventions and care plans for dementia-related problems that affect families and other caregivers as well as patients.
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U2 - 10.5014/ajot.2013.676004
DO - 10.5014/ajot.2013.676004
M3 - Article
C2 - 24195904
AN - SCOPUS:84888628229
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 67
SP - 704
EP - 710
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 6
ER -