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Nonpharmacologic approaches are recommended, yet the specific strategies caregivers use and how they relate to caregiver burden, mental health, and perceived medication hassles were unclear. A survey of 63 family caregivers examined strategies used for medication-related refusals and tested associations with caregiver factors using descriptive analyses, univariate tests, and logistic regression. Common strategies included waiting and trying again later, covert administration, and skipping doses. 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Nicholas Odom1, and Rita Jablonski1, 1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 2. Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States  \nFamily caregivers of persons living with dementia commonly navigate care-resistant behaviors when administering medications. Nonpharmacologic strategies are recommended to manage care-resistant behaviors, but the specific strategies used by family caregivers and their association with caregiver factors including burden, mental health, and perceived medication hassles is unknown. We conducted a survey of 63 family caregivers of persons living with dementia to determine the nonpharmacologic strategies used to manage medication-related care-resistant behaviors and their associations with caregiver factors like burden and mental health. We analyzed strategies descriptively and using univariate statistical tests (t-test and chi-square as appropriate) and used logistic regression to determine strength and direction of statistically significant associations. We found that common strategies included waiting and trying again later (79.4%), covertly administering medications (46.0%), and doing nothing/skipping the medication dose (25.4%) . In multivariable regression modeling controlling for demographic factors, we found that higher caregiver mental health scores according to the PROMIS-10 was associated with a decreased likelihood (OR 0.64; 95%CI 0.44, 0.88; p = 0.01) of covertly administering medications. The lower likelihood of covert administration in higher mental health scores indicates the potential for caregiver mental health interventions to affect responses to care-resistant behaviors. Given the cross-sectional nature of our study,  \n1232 Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2  \nadditional work is needed to determine the causal pathways between the identified care-resistant behaviors, the strategies used to manage them, and caregiver outcomes, and to test interventions to support caregiver management of medication-related care-resistant behaviors.","cbCaib2kEQbHQ3zv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib2kEQbHQ3zv","pdf",2122586,"English","# Abstract\n## Survey methods and analysis\n## Reported strategies for medication refusals\n## Associations with caregiver factors\n## Study limitations and next steps","[{\"question\":\"Which nonpharmacologic strategies did family caregivers report using to manage medication refusals?\",\"answer\":\"Caregivers commonly reported waiting and trying again later, covertly administering medications, and doing nothing or skipping the medication dose.\"},{\"question\":\"How were caregiver factors analyzed in relation to strategies?\",\"answer\":\"Analyses used descriptive statistics and univariate tests (t-test and chi-square as appropriate), followed by logistic regression to assess strength and direction of statistically significant associations.\"},{\"question\":\"What association was found between caregiver mental health and covert medication administration?\",\"answer\":\"Higher caregiver mental health scores (PROMIS-10) were associated with decreased likelihood of covertly administering medications.\"}]","FAMILY CAREGIVER STRATEGIES TO MANAGE MEDICATION REFUSALS - Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey | PDF",1790634283]