Research Core Charter
This charter document delineates the GEAR 2.0 ADC Research Core Group project purpose, goals, and participant expectations.
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Recruitment, Engagement, and Retention Core Charter
This charter document delineates the GEAR 2.0 ADC Research Core Group project purpose, goals, and participant expectations.
Dissemination and Implementation Core Charter
This charter document delineates the GEAR 2.0 ADC Data/Informatics Core Group project purpose, goals, and participant expectations.
Data/Informatics Core Charter
This charter document delineates the GEAR 2.0 ADC Data/Informatics Core Group project purpose, goals, and participant expectations.
Round 1 GEAR 2.0 Request For Application (RFA) – Expired
Advancing Dementia Care (GEAR 2.0 – ADC) / Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) / West Health Institute (WHI) will fund up to four pilot proposals that are aligned with the GEAR 2.0 Mission and research priorities starting as early as July 1, 2022. The dollar amount of each award may not exceed $90,000 in total costs.
Final grants submissions are due Friday, February 4, 2022.
2.0 Priorities: ED Practices
The ED Practices Work Group aims to develop key questions and identify research gaps in optimal care for people living with dementia seeking acute, unscheduled care in the ED or through alternative means, such as telehealth or community paramedicine.
2.0 Priorities: Care Transitions
Approximately 40 percent of people living with dementia discharged from the hospital will experience an adverse event (ED revisits, other hospitalizations, or death) in the 30 days following discharge, a rate significantly higher than for those without dementia.
2.0 Priorities: Communications and Decision-Making
Dementia may add layers of complexity to current ED communication strategies, but this complexity must be addressed to ensure the patient, as well as care partners, feel that they are part of the care process.
2.0 Priorities: Detection
Emergency care for older adults is suboptimal, and care is especially poor for older adults with dementia, even though these adults seek ED-based care more regularly than matched controls. The GEAR Detection Work Group examines the potential role of the ED in dementia detection.
Moving the Needle on Fall Prevention
Falls among older adults are common and costly, and, much of the time, preventable. In this study the GEAR Network set out to find research areas to improve fall identification and prevention practices that can be used in the emergency department.