Improving Dementia-Specific Referrals From the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project.

Purpose Of Study: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to design and implement an education and referral protocol for care coordination staff to use when working with hospitalized patients with dementia and their families. The goal was to increase delivery of dementia resource education and dementia-specific referrals during the discharge planning process.

Primary Practice Setting: The practice setting for this project was an acute care hospital in Northern California.