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INTRODUCING A SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL TO OPTIMIZE HOME MODIFICATION OUTCOMES Open

Emily Nabors, Kathleen Cameron, Mengzhao Yan, Jon Pynoos, Scott A. Trudeau · 2024

Home modification services have become more widely available in response to the aging population’s growing need for accessible home environments. Despite this growth, the home modification service delivery process is not well-defined, lead…

PREPARING THE CARE WORKFORCE TO ADDRESS INTERPERSONAL DEMANDS ACROSS THE DEMENTIA TRAJECTORY Open

Scott A. Trudeau, Laura N. Gitlin · 2024

This symposium posits that student learning experiences in professional programs are a direct pipeline to impact workforce readiness to address the needs of people living with dementia (PLWD). The presentations will share data and experien…

ADVANCING HOME MODIFICATION SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH SYNTHESIZING DATA AND EVIDENCE Open

Bernard A. Steinman, Scott A. Trudeau, Maria Henke · 2024

Supportive housing options are a cornerstone to aging in place. Whereas most older people prefer to remain in their homes as they age, challenges associated with aging, including declines in physical health and functioning, often act as ba…

SERVICE LEARNING TO PREPARE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VETERANS WITH LATE-STAGE DEMENTIA Open

Scott A. Trudeau · 2024

One of the challenges to providing activity programs in dementia units is meeting a wide range of residents’ needs. Programs are typically directed to the more moderately functional, often not meeting the needs of the least and most functi…

Can Residents With Late-Stage Dementia Still Engage? Open

Scott A. Trudeau, Scott D. Slotnick, Megan Gately · 2024

Institutionalized persons with dementia often lack access to meaningful activity, which can lead to agitation, loneliness, and depression. Engagement in activity may improve negative symptoms but is difficult in most settings. In this stud…

An Online Learning Experience Simulating Video Telehealth with Older Adults: Student Perceptions Open

Megan Gately, Scott A. Trudeau · 2023

Understanding Variation in Adoption of Video Telehealth and Implications for Health Care Systems Open

Megan Gately, Emma Quach, Steven D. Shirk, Scott A. Trudeau · 2022

Background Telehealth has rapidly expanded since COVID-19. Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated health care system in the United States, was well-positioned to incorporate telehealth across specialties due to existi…

Promoting Quality of Life in Advanced Dementia Care: Reading Buddies Program as Service-learning Open

Scott A. Trudeau, Megan Gately · 2021

The Reading Buddies Program was developed as a service-learning component of an Occupational Therapy Practice with Older Adults course as a collaboration between Tufts University and the VA Bedford Health Care System. The purpose of this s…

Caregiver Satisfaction with a Video Telehealth Home Safety Evaluation for Dementia Open

Megan Gately, Linda Tickle‐Degnen, Scott A. Trudeau, Nathan Ward, Keren Ladin , et al. · 2020

Family caregivers are vital to telehealth-delivered dementia care. The objective of this mixed methods descriptive study conducted in the VA Bedford Healthcare System was to examine caregiver satisfaction with a video telehealth dementia h…

Occupational Therapy Innovations in Home and Community Practice for People Living With Dementia Open

Catherine Verrier Piersol, Scott A. Trudeau · 2020

Most Americans with dementia live at home and families are commonly responsible for overseeing the daily activities of the person with dementia. Families require support, education, and skill-building to manage caregiving responsibilities.…

Critical Workforce Gaps in Dementia Education and Training Open

Joan Weiss, Nina Tumosa, Elyse Perweiler, Mary Ann Forciea, Toni P. Miles , et al. · 2020

The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, through private sector support, sponsored the National Research Summit on Dementia Care: Building Evidence for Services and Supports (…

IMPLEMENTING HOME SAFETY TOOLKIT TO CAREGIVERS OF VETERANS WITH DEMENTIA Open

Scott A. Trudeau · 2019

The purpose of this project was to study the processes necessary to make a Home Safety Toolkit (HST) for Veterans with dementia accessible to veterans and their caregivers. This Type 3 Implementation–Effectiveness Hybrid Research Design, i…

USING ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA Open

Katie Maslow, Scott A. Trudeau, Sara J. Czaja · 2019

There is widespread enthusiasm about the potential of technology in general to support persons living with dementia and their families and other caregivers. At the same time, recommendations from the 2017 National Research Summit on Care, …

In-Home Video Telehealth for Dementia Management: Implications for Rehabilitation Open

Megan Gately, Scott A. Trudeau, Lauren R. Moo · 2019

FORMATIVE EVALUATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOME SAFETY TOOLKIT FOR VETERANS WITH DEMENTIA Open

I Kandil, L García, Lynn McCleary, Neil Drummond, Katherine S. McGilton , et al. · 2015

Objective: To identify the challenges faced by CGs prior, during, and following the transition to LTC that address access to services.Methods: Caregiver -person with dementia (PWD) dyads were identified from a larger prospective study that…

FIDELITY TO TREATMENT: IMPLEMENTING AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF DEMENTIA HAND FEEDING TECHNIQUES Open

I Kandil, L García, Lynn McCleary, Neil Drummond, Katherine S. McGilton , et al. · 2015

Objective: To identify the challenges faced by CGs prior, during, and following the transition to LTC that address access to services.Methods: Caregiver -person with dementia (PWD) dyads were identified from a larger prospective study that…

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