Evaluating a Training Program for Rural Doctors and Nursing Home Staff on Safe Medicine Use for Patients with Dementia and Nursing Home Residents

Authors

REACH Dissemination Committee, Maine, USA

Files

Why this matters?

Program goal: Reduce unnecessary use of certain medications without worsening symptoms

Publication Date

4-2024

Publisher

MaineHealth

City

Portland

Keywords

Access to Care, Research, Community Health, Rural Health, Dementia

Disciplines

Community Health

Comments

This research summary is provided by the REACH Dissemination Committee based on a full study created by others.

Project Collaborators include key personnel and advisory panel members that represent the three largest health systems in Maine, The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Council on Aging, Community Care Partnership of Maine, and Maine Area Health Education Center.

This program has been funded in part by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Please visit Evaluating a Training Program for Rural Doctors and Nursing Home Staff on Safe Medicine Use for Patients with Dementia and Nursing Home Residents | PCORI for the full study.

Carnahan R, Brown G, Smith M, et al. (2019). Evaluating a Training Program for Rural Doctors and Nursing Home Staff on Safe Medicine Use for Patients with Dementia and Nursing Home Residents. Washington, DC: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). https://doi.org/10.25302/06.2020.CER.1131

Recommended Citation

REACH Dissemination Committee, Maine, USA, "Evaluating a Training Program for Rural Doctors and Nursing Home Staff on Safe Medicine Use for Patients with Dementia and Nursing Home Residents" (2024). REACH: Research Evidence-to-Action for Community Health. 22.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/reach/22