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Boaz, Lesley

Preparing Family Caregivers to Recognize Delirium Symptoms in Older Adults After Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Objectives: To test the feasibility of a telephone-based intervention that prepares family caregivers to recognize delirium symptoms and how to communicate their observations to healthcare providers.; Design: Mixed-method, pre-post quasi-experimental design.; Setting: A Midwest Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a nonprofit health system.; Participants: Forty-one family caregiver-older adult dyads provided consent; 34 completed the intervention.; Intervention: Four telephone-based education modules using v

Mon, 09/10/2018 - 11:25