Key informants’ perceptions of telehealth palliative care for people living with dementia in nursing homes
In this study, key informants provided feedback that barriers to implementing NH telehealth palliative care far outweighed the facilitators for uptake. Future work will focus on employing NH staff in user centered design to overcome barriers such as optimal timing for consults and/or scheduled consult days to fit NH workflow, assessing organizational readiness for implementing change, and identifying dementia-specific and palliative care education needs.
Authors
- Mary Ersek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0520-311X)
- George Demiris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-5829)
- Joan G. Carpenter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8039-9466)
- Nancy Hodgson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-9986)
- Laura Hendrix
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-05820-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64