Older persons living with dementia and their use of acute care services over 2 years in Alberta

Abstract

Objective To characterize transitions to acute and residential care and identify variables associated with specific transitions among community-based persons living with dementia (PLWD).Design Retrospective cohort study using primary care electronic medical record data linked with health administrative data. Setting Alberta.Participants Adults aged 65 years or older living in the community who had been diagnosed with dementia and who saw a Canadian

Compression of morbidity is dead; long live compression of morbidity

“…Finally, we present a research study by Dr Andrea Gruneir and her colleagues from the University of Alberta in Edmonton that examines the impact of living with dementia and use of acute care services (page 114). 9 They discovered that older people living with dementia experienced frequent, and frequently compound, transitions in care that speak to the challenges that patients, their families, and their family physicians have in navigating a health care system under strain.…”