A scoping review of dementia interventions in home-based primary care
07/06/24 at 03:15 AM
A scoping review of dementia interventions in home-based primary care
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association; by Jeffrey D. Weiner BA, Bruce Leff MD, Christine S. Ritchie MD, MSPH; 6/24
Home-based primary care (HBPC) provides interdisciplinary, longitudinal, comprehensive care at home to homebound older adults. The prevalence of dementia among HBPC recipients is approximately 50%... Despite high prevalence of dementia among homebound older adults receiving HBPC, there are a dearth of studies on HBPC-specific dementia interventions. Future studies should consider adapting and testing interventions found to be effective in other settings to HBPC.