Multiple IMPACT members participated in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) R13 consensus conference, Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: A Consensus Conference, held virtually on March 10, 2021. The event was funded by the NIA and led by editors of three leading geriatrics journals: JAMDA (The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine), JAGS (The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society), and Geriatric Nursing.
The goal of the conference was to identify priorities and best practices for pragmatic trials in long-term care, with a focus on care for persons with dementia. The target audience was providers, researchers, and policy makers who aim to promote better care in nursing homes, assisted living communities, and other residential settings that serve older adults. Speakers included internationally renowned research experts, directors of national long-term care organizations, and leaders of national associations and societies. IMPACT Member Participants include Joe Gaugler, PhD, David Gifford, MD, MPH, Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, Vince Mor, PhD, Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD.
Three papers that resulted from the event are featured in the March 2022 edition of JAMDA. Due to the importance of the topic and the fact that the conference was sponsored by three journals, the resulting papers are being published in JAMDA, JAGS, and Geriatric Nursing.
- Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Research Challenges and Potential Solutions in Relation to Key Areas of Care, led by Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, (IMPACT co-authors including: Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Joseph Gaugler, PhD, and Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, MS), summarizes the research challenges, opportunities and recommendations from morning presentations
- Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Implementation and Dissemination Challenges and Opportunities, led by Cari Levy, summarizes the implementation and dissemination sessions from the afternoon covering challenges, opportunities and recommendations. IMPACT co-authors incude: Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Vince Mor, PhD, David Gifford, MD, and Joseph Gaugler, PhD.
- Pragmatic Trials and Improving Long-Term Care: Recommendations From a National Institutes of Health Conference, led by Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, with IMPACT co-authors including Joseph Gaugler, PhD, and Vince Mor, PhD, provides a syntheses of take-home points related to challenges, opportunities and recommendations from both days of the conference. the summative recommendations