Workforce development to provide person-centered care

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2016-08
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American English
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Describe the development of a competent workforce committed to providing patient-centered care to persons with dementia and/or depression and their caregivers; to report on qualitative analyses of our workforce's case reports about their experiences; and to present lessons learned about developing and implementing a collaborative care community-based model using our new workforce that we call care coordinator assistants (CCAs). METHOD:

Sixteen CCAs were recruited and trained in person-centered care, use of mobile office, electronic medical record system, community resources, and team member support. CCAs wrote case reports quarterly that were analyzed for patient-centered care themes. RESULTS:

Qualitative analysis of 73 cases using NVivo software identified six patient-centered care themes: (1) patient familiarity/understanding; (2) patient interest/engagement encouraged; (3) flexibility and continuity of care; (4) caregiver support/engagement; (5) effective utilization/integration of training; and (6) teamwork. Most frequently reported themes were patient familiarity - 91.8% of case reports included reference to patient familiarity, 67.1% included references to teamwork and 61.6% of case reports included the theme flexibility/continuity of care. CCAs made a mean number of 15.7 (SD = 15.6) visits, with most visits for coordination of care services, followed by home visits and phone visits to over 1200 patients in 12 months. DISCUSSION:

Person-centered care can be effectively implemented by well-trained CCAs in the community.

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Austrom, M. G., Carvell, C. A., Alder, C. A., Gao, S., Boustani, M., & LaMantia, M. (2016). Workforce development to provide person-centered care. Aging & Mental Health, 20(8), 781–792. http://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2015.1119802
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