July 5, 2024
IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Cameron Gettel, MD, and IMPACT members, Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, and Joan Monin, PhD, among authors of paper describing a cross-sectional study of caregivers of community-dwelling, English-speaking older adults (65+ years of age) seeking emergency care across four urban EDs within a single healthcare system from 2021 to 2023 to ascertain the extent of care provided to PLWCI seeking acute care, including those with diagnosed dementia and undiagnosed CU. Research objective was to quantify the daily care hours that informal caregivers provide to patients with diagnoded dementia, undiagnosed CI and intact cognition. The hope is that these insights help establish a benchmark for the amount of care provided to persons with varying cognitive status, inform disposition planning for clinicians, and support policymakers seeking to develop novel solutions addressing caregiver burden.