Advancing Person-Centered Dementia Care in Long-Term Care Settings - Symposium

Sep 28, 2026

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As the global population ages, long-term care systems face mounting challenges in delivering person-centered dementia care across diverse cultural and economic contexts. This symposium brings together five country-based studies to highlight innovative strategies in LTC, workforce facilitation approaches, quality-of-life conceptualizations, behavioral symptom management, and technology-driven interventions. It examines resilience for staff, informal innovation by frontline workers, administrator-led tensions around quality of life, agitation risk factors across individuals and facilities, and an interdisciplinary telemedicine program to reduce avoidable emergency visits.

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Symposium overview

Country-based studies and key focus areas

United States: resilience-based workforce strategies

Canada: frontline-driven informal facilitation

Netherlands: quality-of-life conceptualizations and tensions

China: agitation factors in residents with cognitive impairment

Singapore: telemedicine to reduce avoidable emergency visits

206 Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 SESSION 2150 (SYMPOSIUM) Abstract citation ID: igaf122.692 ADVANCING PERSON-CENTERED DEMENTIA CARE IN LONG-TERM CARE SETTINGS: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES FROM FIVE COUNTRIES Chair: Jing Wang Co-Chair: Kirsten Corazzini Discussant: Edward Miller As the global population ages, long-term care (LTC) systems across diverse cultural and economic contexts face mounting challenges in providing person-centered dementia care (PCDC) . This symposium brings together five studies from five countries, highlighting innovative strategies, workforce-driven facilitation, quality-of-life conceptualizations, behavioral symptom management, and technology-driven interventions in LTC settings. By examining experiences across different healthcare systems, this session offers insights into strengthening dementia care through interdisciplinary, culturally responsive, and sustainable approaches. The first presentation (United States) explores resilience-based strategies that enable LTC staff to uphold PCDC despite resource limitations, identifying organizational, interpersonal, and individual strengths that foster adaptability. The second study (Canada) challenges traditional facilitation frameworks by demonstrating how frontline workers in nursing homes informally drive care innovations, filling gaps between leadership initiatives and direct caregiving. The third presentation (Netherlands) investigates how nursing home administrators conceptualize and promote quality of life (QoL) for persons with dementia, revealing tensions between individualized and community-centered approaches. The fourth study (China) examines agitation in older LTC residents with cognitive impairment, identifying key individual, family, staff, and facility-level factors that contribute to behavioral symptoms. The final presentation (Singapore) evaluates an interdisciplinary telemedicine program aimed at reducing avoidable emergency department visits among nursing home residents, demonstrating how Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 207 technology can optimize acute care management. Together, these studies provide a comprehensive, cross-national perspective on sustaining and enhancing person-centered dementia care in LTC. They underscore the need for workforce support, culturally informed care strategies, innovative facilitation models, and scalable technology-enabled solutions to improve dementia care across diverse healthcare settings. Common Data Elements for International Research in Residential Long-Term Care Interest Group Sponsored Symposium

FAQs

What is the purpose of this symposium on dementia care in long-term care settings?

It examines how person-centered dementia care can be strengthened through interdisciplinary, culturally responsive, and sustainable approaches across different healthcare systems.

Which areas does the symposium cover across the five country studies?

It addresses innovative strategies, workforce facilitation, quality-of-life views, behavioral symptom management (including agitation), and technology-driven interventions such as telemedicine.

How do the final findings connect to improving person-centered dementia care?

The studies collectively underscore the need for workforce support, culturally informed care strategies, scalable technology-enabled solutions, and facilitation models that can be sustained in varied healthcare settings.

Sep 28, 2026

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