Using care navigation to address caregiver burden in dementia: A qualitative case study analysis.

Introduction: Many caregivers of people with dementia experience burden and resulting health effects due to the intensive nature of caregiving. Phone- and web-based care navigation is an innovative model of care that may be useful in addressing caregiver burden in dementia.

Methods: Qualitative methods (interviews, focus groups, and case study analysis) were used to identify care navigator approaches used to address caregiver burden in dementia as part of a dementia care navigation program.

The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers.

Background: Care navigation is an approach to personalized care management and care coordination that can help overcome barriers to care. Care navigation has not been extensively studied in dementia, where health care workforce innovations are needed as a result of increasing disease prevalence and resulting costs to the health care system.

Objective: To identify facilitators and barriers to care navigation in dementia and to assess dementia caregiver satisfaction with care navigation.

Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem.

Katherine Possin and colleagues report on the implementation, development, and early findings of the Care Ecosystem, an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program.