PARTNERING WITH CAREGIVERS TO OPTIMIZE HOSPITAL-BASED GERIATRIC CARE - THE TIME IS NOW - Symposium Session 1035

Sep 28, 2026

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A symposium addresses how to strengthen partnerships with family caregivers during hospital stays for older adults, focusing on clinicians, administrators, and researchers. It responds to reports that caregivers often feel unrecognized and disengaged in hospital care processes. The session explains the CARE Act requirements for hospitals: documenting caregiver names, notifying caregivers at discharge, and providing education for post-discharge tasks. Four presentations cover caregiver feedback for intervention adaptation, strategies to identify caregivers, readiness assessment results for discharge, and a co-designed system-level toolkit.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

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Reading Time3 min

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Symposium Session 1035 (Symposium)

CARE Act requirements and care process engagement

Caregiver feedback and intervention adaptation

Identifying family caregivers in the hospital setting

Caregiver readiness assessment for hospital discharge

Co-designed toolkit for system-level caregiver inclusion

FAQs

Why focus on partnering with family caregivers in hospital-based geriatric care?

Many family caregivers report feeling unrecognized and disengaged during hospital care processes, despite providing support to older adults during stays.

What does the CARE Act require hospitals to do?

Hospitals must record the family caregiver’s name in the patient record, notify the caregiver when discharge is planned, and provide education on tasks the caregiver will perform for the patient.

What topics are covered across the four symposium presentations?

They include caregiver feedback for adapting a support intervention, challenges and strategies for identifying caregivers, findings from implementing a discharge readiness assessment, and a co-designed toolkit to support caregivers at the system level.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Logic