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Preventing Avoidable Admissions Among Assisted Living Elders

NCT02879396 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2018-11-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Saint Luke Home (SLH) is a home for low-income seniors who are ≥ 55 years and in need of basic living help in Tucson, Arizona. Reports shows that emergency calls are made from SLH (64 residents) around 60 times each year with emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions that follow. In 2014, a total of 70 calls were made, and in 2015, 49 calls. The Director, who is a nurse by training, and staff report that many of these calls are related to medications and may be avoidable. Therefore, we believe we can make a difference and decrease emergency calls, ED visits and hospitalizations that can be avoided with a program to teach the elders and staff at SLH. The program is called Preventing Avoidable Admissions Among Assisted Living Elders (PA4LE) and will consist of a 2-hour session every two weeks including home or clinic visits (elder preference), educational sessions, and staff training.

Conditions

  • Aging
  • Emergencies

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PA4LE Program

1. Medication self-management including medication reconciliation, therapy recommendations, and education by pharmacist (chronic conditions and medications including Beers Criteria) 2. Use of a patient-centered health record that helps guide patients through the care process (portable, health and medication record for elders) 3. Primary care provider and specialist follow-up (patient awareness of discharge action plan and follow-up) 4. Patient understanding of "red flag" indicators of worsening condition and appropriate next steps 5. Behavioral interventions - Adherence, Lifestyle modifications, Mindfulness \& Lovingkindness meditations to combat anxiety, insomnia and other behavioral symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Arizona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeannie K Lee, PharmD · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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