No Place to Go: The Relationship Between Care Partner Inclusion Practices and the Hospital Environment
Our findings highlight opportunities for health systems to create hospital environments that support PLWD and their care partners. In pursuit of systematic care partner inclusion, health systems can make adequate space for care partners, allocate dementia-friendly parking spaces, increase utilization of environmental communication tools, and increase comfort level of the environment.
Authors
- Nicole E. Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-9491)
- Sydney Hoel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5920-3174)
- Andrea Strayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2632-8165)
- Beth Fields (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-7144)
- Catherine Still (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-8137)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Iowa City VA Health Care System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867241276121
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- National Institute on Aging