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Gitlin LN, Marx KA, Alonzi D, et al. Feasibility of the Tailored Activity Program for Hospitalized (TAP-H) Patients With Behavioral Symptoms. Gerontologist. 2016;57(3):575-584doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw052.
Gitlin, L. N., Marx, K. A., Alonzi, D., Kvedar, T., Moody, J., Trahan, M., & Van Haitsma, K. (2017). Feasibility of the Tailored Activity Program for Hospitalized (TAP-H) Patients With Behavioral Symptoms. The Gerontologist, 57(3), 575-584. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw052
Gitlin, Laura N, et al. "Feasibility of the Tailored Activity Program for Hospitalized (TAP-H) Patients With Behavioral Symptoms." The Gerontologist vol. 57,3 (2017): 575-584. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw052
Gitlin LN, Marx KA, Alonzi D, Kvedar T, Moody J, Trahan M, Van Haitsma K. Feasibility of the Tailored Activity Program for Hospitalized (TAP-H) Patients With Behavioral Symptoms. Gerontologist. 2017 Jun;57(3):575-584. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw052. Epub 2016 Apr 13. PMID: 27076056; PMCID: PMC5434496.
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Gerontologist. 2017 Jun;57(3):575-584. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw052. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

Feasibility of the Tailored Activity Program for Hospitalized (TAP-H) Patients With Behavioral Symptoms.

The Gerontologist

Laura N Gitlin, Katherine A Marx, Dana Alonzi, Tristen Kvedar, Jennifer Moody, Maranda Trahan, Kimberly Van Haitsma

Affiliations

  1. Center for Innovative Care in Aging, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. [email protected].
  2. Center for Innovative Care in Aging, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
  3. Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
  4. Trahan Behavioral Services, Satellite Beach, Florida.
  5. College of Nursing, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 27076056 PMCID: PMC5434496 DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnw052

Abstract

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To evaluate feasibility of implementing the Tailored Activity Program for Hospitals (TAP-H) to improve engagement in patients with dementia admitted for behavioral disturbances.

DESIGN AND METHODS: TAP-H involves up to 11 in-hospital sessions to develop activities tailored to patient interests and capabilities and train staff/families in their use. Interventionists (occupational therapists) recorded session lengths, patient engagement (N = 20), and staff (N = 4) readiness to use activities. Family interviews (N = 20) identified patient behaviors at admission and satisfaction with TAP-H 1 month postdischarge. A time series design with multiple behavioral observations (63 videotaped sessions) compared affective, verbal, and nonverbal behavioral responses in a standardized activity (baseline) to treatment sessions.

RESULTS: Average number of treatment sessions per patient was 8.00 (SD = 2.71, range 3-13). Average time spent per session was 38.18min (SD = 10.01, range 19.09-57.50). Interventionists observed high patient engagement across treatment sessions. Observational data revealed increases in pleasure and positive gestures and decreases in anxiety/anger, negative verbalizations, and negative nonverbal behaviors from baseline to intervention sessions. Staff improved in readiness and families expressed high program satisfaction with 59.4% of activities used at home.

IMPLICATIONS: TAP-H represents a unique collaborative care model that integrates facility-based staff in the behavioral treatment of patients with dementia and results in improved affect and reduced negative behaviors. TAP-H can be incorporated into routine hospital care and payment mechanisms. Future efforts should evaluate its effectiveness in reducing inappropriate pharmacologic use and strategies to enhance continued activity use by staff during hospitalization and families following discharge.

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Keywords: Behavioral symptoms; Caregiving; Dementia; Nonpharmacological management

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