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VA Bedford Health Care System, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 2. Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States  \nVeterans Affairs (VA) primary care (PC) currently treats more Veterans with dementia than any other VA setting, due to a scarcity of geriatricians and neurologists. In the course of caring for Veterans with dementia, frontline PC nurses frequently interact with family caregivers, whose support enables Veterans with dementia to live where they want—in their homes—but such support may lead to caregiver burnout, contributing to Veterans requiring institutional care. Screening for and referral to caregiver support services in PC may prevent or reduce caregiver burnout but are reportedly rare in non-VA settings. To explore caregiver screening and support by VA PC, we conducted an online focus group with 23 nurses working at a New England VA medical center. Qualitative analysis showed PC nurses do not formally conduct screening. They, however, recognized addressing caregiver burnout to be part of good patient care and were acutely concerned about the varied dilemmas facing caregivers and Veterans. For example, nurses struggle to work with family caregivers’ stress related to their need to balance Veterans’ independence and safety. To support distressed caregivers, nurses valued easily accessible information on VA caregiver support groups, caregiver self-care, and VA respite service eligibility criteria (services administered outside of PC) and consults to PC social work. Nurses’ reflections revealed consistent coordination among these VA entities is essential to provide seamless support to family caregivers seen with Veterans in PC. Our study suggests the integral role of PC nurses in supporting family caregivers as part of providing holistic care.","cbCaieB6kSh5JlzS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieB6kSh5JlzS","pdf",146690,"English","# Background\n# Online Focus Group Study\n## Participants and Setting\n# Key Findings\n## Screening Practices\n## Nurse Priorities for Support\n# Coordination Across VA Entities\n# Implications for Holistic Care","[{\"question\":\"Why is caregiver support important for Veterans with dementia in VA primary care?\",\"answer\":\"VA primary care supports Veterans with dementia at home through family caregivers. However, that support can create caregiver burnout, increasing the risk that Veterans later require institutional care.\"},{\"question\":\"Did VA primary care nurses conduct formal screening for caregivers?\",\"answer\":\"Qualitative analysis found that primary care nurses do not formally conduct caregiver screening. They nonetheless recognize addressing caregiver burnout as part of good patient care.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of caregiver support information did nurses value most?\",\"answer\":\"Nurses valued easily accessible information on VA caregiver support groups, caregiver self-care, VA respite service eligibility criteria, and how to obtain consults to primary care social work.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is coordination among VA entities essential?\",\"answer\":\"Nurses’ reflections indicated consistent coordination across VA caregiver-related entities is necessary to deliver seamless support to family caregivers when Veterans are seen in primary care.\"}]","COORDINATION OF FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT SERVICES ACROSS VHA | PDF",1790625044]