Implementation and outcomes of a dementia-friendly training program in five hospitals.

Background: Hospitalized patients living with dementia (PLWD) age 65+ generally experience poor outcomes. This study's purpose was to implement dementia-friendly training with staff, track patient outcomes, and implement sustainable system changes.

Methods: We conducted a prospective study in five hospitals.

A qualitative study of recruitment strategies: Perspectives from older adults living with diabetes.

Aims: There is a need to increase representation of diverse older adults in health-related qualitative research to better understand and improve chronic disease care over the lifespan. Our aim was to elicit perspectives about research recruitment among a diverse sample of older adults with diabetes participating in a qualitative study.

Methods: Older adults with diabetes and caregivers were recruited through purposive sampling for semi-structured interviews focused on diabetes self care.

Receipt of Diabetes Specialty Care and Management Services by Older Adults With Diabetes in the U.S., 2015-2019: An Analysis of Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims.

Objective: We characterized the receipt of diabetes specialty care and management services among older adults with diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Using a 20% random sample of fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years, we analyzed cohorts of type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D) with history of severe hypoglycemia (HoH), and all other T2D annually from 2015 to 2019. Outcomes were receipt of office-based endocrinology care, diabetes education, outpatient diabetes health services, excluding those provided in primary care, and any of the aforementioned services.

Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after falls.

Background: Over 35 million falls occur in older adults annually and are associated with increased emergency department (ED) revisits and 1-year mortality. Despite associations between medications and falls, the prevalence of fall risk-increasing drugs remains high. Our objective was to implement an ED-based medication reconciliation for patients presenting after falls and determine whether an intervention targeting high-risk medications was related to decreased future falls.