Journal article
The Case for Conducting Pragmatic Dementia Care Trials in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Settings
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, v 24(12), pp 1918-1923
01 Dec 2023
PMID: 37918816
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Abstract
Medicaid-funded home and community-based services (HCBSs) reach large numbers of individuals living with dementia who would otherwise reside in nursing homes with Medicaid funding. Medicaid HCBSs also often augment care provided by family and other informal caregivers to individuals living with dementia. Although Medicaid-funded HCBSs are offered in most states in lieu of nursing home care, they have been largely overlooked as health care system partners for implementation and testing of evidence-based dementia care interventions using embedded pragmatic clinical trial (ePCT) designs. In this article, we make the case for the importance of Medicaid-funded HCBSs as dementia care ePCT partners because of the volume of vulnerable clients with dementia served and the potential positive impacts that evidence-based dementia care programs can have on clients and their informal caregivers. This article first characterizes the Medicaid HCBS setting in terms of populations served and organizational arrangements across states. We then characterize strengths and potential limitations presented by Medicaid HCBSs as settings within which to implement dementia care ePCTs, using as a conceptual framework the Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS-2) tool and its domains. We draw on our experiences implementing the Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments (COPE) program in a statewide Medicaid HCBS setting to highlight how these potential ePCT partners can help optimize pragmatic approaches to several PRECIS-2 domains. We found that partners are especially effective in implementing pragmatic ways to determine eligibility for evidence-based dementia care programs; assist with recruitment of eligible individuals; incorporate dementia care interventions into the range of existing HCBSs; and track outcomes relevant to persons living with dementia, caregivers, HCBS providers, and Medicaid insurance stakeholders. We conclude with recommendations for researchers, potential ePCT partners, and policymakers to help facilitate the growth of dementia care ePCTs in Medicaid HCBS settings across the United States.
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- Title
- The Case for Conducting Pragmatic Dementia Care Trials in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Settings
- Creators
- Richard H. Fortinsky - UConn HealthNoreen Shugrue - UConn HealthJulie T. Robison - University of ConnecticutLaura N. Gitlin - Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, v 24(12), pp 1918-1923
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- National Institute on Aging (https://doi.org/10.13039/100000049) U54AG063546 / National Institutes of Health (https://doi.org/10.13039/100000002) P30AG067988; R01AG044504; RF1AG069839 / UConn Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center NIA (https://doi.org/10.13039/100000049)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001125730800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85177982024
- Other Identifier
- 991021861165404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Geriatrics & Gerontology