Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Reducing Disability Via a Family-centered Intervention for Acutely-ill Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Brief Summary: This study will address the effectiveness of Family-centered Function Focused Care (Fam-FFC). Fam-FFC is a theoretically-based approach to care in which family caregivers partner with nurses to prevent functional decline and other complications related to hospitalization in older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. A systematic care pathway promotes information-sharing and decision-making that promotes physical activity, function, and cognitive stimulation during the hospitalization and immediate post-acute period. Our goal in this work is to establish a practical and effective way to optimize function and physical activity; decrease neuropsychiatric symptoms, delirium, and depression; prevent avoidable post-acute care dependency; and prevent unnecessary rehospitalizations and long-stay nursing home admissions, while mitigating family caregiver strain and burden.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 65 year and older
* Length of Stay is over 6 days
* Able to communicate verbally or in writing

Exclusion Criteria:

* Coma
* Mechanism ventilation
* Aphasia, if communication ability is severely impaired
* Terminal condition with comfort care only, death imminent
* Combative or dangerous behavior
* Severe psychotic disorder that prevents patient from participating in interventions
* Severe dementia (e.g. unable to communicate; MMSE=0). For patients with severe impairment (e.g. MMSE\<10), decision to enroll will be made on a case-by-case basis depending on their ability to participate in intervention.
* Respiratory isolation (e.g. tuberculosis). Patients on contact isolation (e.g. vancomycin-resistant enterococcus) or droplet precautions will be enrolled.
* Discharge firmly anticipated within 6 days of admission. Enroll if discharge date unsure
* Refusal by patient or family member.
* Others. Reason to be well documented.
B: Inclusion criteria

* Age more than 60 years, Scheduled for elective hip or knee replacement surgery at least 4 working days after the preadmission clinic visit
* Possess cognitive and physical capability necessary to comprehend and complete the study questionnaires
* Proficient in English, reading level at Grade 6 (patient or accompanying person),
* Be accessible for follow-up via telephone, or via the Internet, Ability to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Conditions potentially interfering with comprehension and delivery of informed consent , Schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, poorly controlled depression, multiple psychiatric disorders
* Active psychosis within the last 3 months
* Current use of antipsychotic medication
* Dementia, and/or clinically significant neurological disorder (stroke, epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinson's Disease etc.)
* History of drug or alcohol dependence or abuse within last 3 months
* Surgery that is two-staged involving more than one surgical procedure to be performed within the same hospitalization period
* Emergency surgery when preoperative testing is not possible
* Patients with prior diagnosis of sleep-related breathing disorder with CPAP treatment
* Patients who may have had sleep studies earlier may be included, if they have been lost to follow-up by a sleep physician, are not on treatment or are non-compliant to treatment (mean CPAP nightly use \<4 hours, or median nightly CPAP use \<50% of total sleep time),Severe tracheal or lung disease,Contraindication to CPAP face-mask, Central Sleep Apnea, Significant Cardiac disease(New York Heart Association Functional Class III and IV Severe Valvular Heart Disease, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Implanted Cardiac Pacemaker, unstable angina)
* bMyocardial Infarction or Cardiac Surgery or Percutaneous coronary interventions within 3 months
C: Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible patients will be admitted acutely for a femoral neck fracture, a trochanteric or a subtrochanteric femoral fracture.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hip fracture as part of multi-trauma or high energy trauma (defined as a fall from a higher level than 1 metre). One recent fracture in addition to the hip fracture (e.g. radius or shoulder) is acceptable.
* Regarded as moribund at admittance.
* Absence of a valid informed consent or assent.
D: Patient Inclusion Criteria: medical patients who: are age ≥65, speak English or Spanish, live in the community prior to admission to the hospital, screen positive for dementia on well-validated scales (Montreal Cognitive Assessment {MoCA} ≤ 25 123-127 and AD8 \>2 128,129), and score 0.5 to 2.0 on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale; and have a family CG as the designated study partner for the duration of the study.

Patient Exclusion Criteria: mild cognitive impairment (CDR 0.5 without functional or ADL impairments), severe dementia (CDR 3), any significant neurological condition associated with cognitive impairment other than dementia (e.g. brain tumor), a major acute psychiatric disorder, have no family caregiver to participate, are enrolled in hospice and/or have a life expectancy of six months or less, are admitted from a nursing home, or experience transfers to another unit for stays longer than 48 hours.

Family Inclusion Criteria: age 18 and above whose relatives meet inclusion criteria will be eligible if they can speak and read English or Spanish; and are related to the patient by blood, marriage, adoption, or affinity as a significant other (defined as or by the patient/legally authorized person as the primary person providing oversight and support on an ongoing basis); participate, at a minimum, in the initial assessment and development of FamPath; and able to recall at least two words on the MiniCog

Staff nurses (at the conclusion of the intervention at each site) who identify the intervention unit as the primary unit worked, and speak English or Spanish, will be included in focus groups

For the exploratory aim of assessing the cultural appropriateness of the intervention, we will recruit family caregivers who self-identify as black, Latino, Asian and white, randomly selected from the Fam-FFC sample. Approximately 10 percent of families from each ethnic group represented in the study will be approached for consent for participation in interviews. (If theoretical saturation is not reached, interviews will continue until saturation is reached). Additionally, the six nurse champions will be consented and interviewed after the study ends in his/her particular unit/setting to provide their perspective on the cultural appropriateness of Fam-FFC.

Answer: D