2024
The dementia care study (D‐CARE): Recruitment strategies and demographic characteristics of participants in a pragmatic randomized trial of dementia care
Yang M, Samper‐Ternent R, Volpi E, Green A, Lichtenstein M, Araujo K, Borek P, Charpentier P, Dziura J, Gill T, Galloway R, Greene E, Lenoir K, Peduzzi P, Meng C, Reese J, Shelton A, Skokos E, Summapund J, Unger E, Reuben D, Williamson J, Stevens A. The dementia care study (D‐CARE): Recruitment strategies and demographic characteristics of participants in a pragmatic randomized trial of dementia care. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: 2575-2588. PMID: 38358084, PMCID: PMC11032530, DOI: 10.1002/alz.13698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsPragmatic clinical trialsRecruitment strategiesDementia careApproaches to dementia careDementia care studiesCommunity-dwelling dyadsDyads of personsDiagnosis of dementiaHealth system patientsDemographic characteristics of participantsPragmatic randomized trialCharacteristics of participantsPragmatic research studiesFamily caregiversHealth recordsHealth systemCare studiesPLWDSystem patientsDemographic characteristicsD-CAREDementiaCaregiversClinical trial sites
2020
D‐CARE: The Dementia Care Study: Design of a Pragmatic Trial of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Health System–Based Versus Community‐Based Dementia Care Versus Usual Dementia Care
Reuben DB, Gill TM, Stevens A, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein M, Jennings LA, Tan Z, Evertson L, Bass D, Weitzman L, Carnie M, Wilson N, Araujo K, Charpentier P, Meng C, Greene EJ, Dziura J, Liu J, Unger E, Yang M, Currie K, Lenoir KM, Green A, Abraham S, Vernon A, Samper‐Ternent R, Raji M, Hirst RM, Galloway R, Finney GR, Ladd I, Rahm AK, Borek P, Peduzzi P. D‐CARE: The Dementia Care Study: Design of a Pragmatic Trial of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Health System–Based Versus Community‐Based Dementia Care Versus Usual Dementia Care. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2492-2499. PMID: 32949145, PMCID: PMC8086629, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based dementia careUsual careClinical trial sitesDementia careHealth systemCaregiver unmet needsNursing home placement ratesClinical health systemsDementia care specialistsUnit of randomizationQuality of lifeCost effectivenessDementia Care StudyPrimary outcomeClinical benefitSuperiority trialFunctional statusPragmatic trialCaregiver dyadsCare specialistsComprehensive careCaregiver distressCare studiesMedicare claimsNurse practitioners