Hospital Elder Life Program: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation
Presenter(s)
Jacob Gregory Chisholm, Drew K. Price
Files
Description
One of the most common conditions experienced by patients in long term care facilities is hospital acquired delirium. Hospital acquired delirium can present as incoherence, declining cognition, and rapidly shifting attention. The HELP program (Hospital Elder Life Program) at Miami Valley Hospital was implemented as a volunteer-led effort to combat hospital acquired delirium. This program consists of patient-volunteer interaction often through mind activities or conversations aiming to diminish the occurrence of hospital acquired delirium in geriatric patients, allowing the patients to return home much faster. However, there were many barriers that needed to be overcome to implement such a program. The various financial and labor obstacles that were overcome includes donation funding, recruitment of volunteers, and regulatory compliance. All of these needed to come together to have a successful program. This poster documents the barriers to implementation of the HELP program at other hospitals and care facilities as well as offers suggestions to overcoming these barriers.
Publication Date
4-20-2022
Project Designation
Course Project
Primary Advisor
Nancy Gilles Romer
Primary Advisor's Department
Premedical Programs
Keywords
Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences
Recommended Citation
"Hospital Elder Life Program: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation" (2022). Stander Symposium Projects. 2557.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/2557
Comments
Presentation: 1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Kennedy Union Ballroom
This project reflects research conducted as part of a course project designed to give students experience in the research process.
Course: MED 480