Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Health Services Research

Cross-Cutting

Symposium

(601949) The Future of Caregiving: Insights from Health Policy and Evidence-Based Care Delivery Design

Presenter(s)

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  Chloe Slocum, MD, MPH

  Assistant Director of Quality, Director of Health Policy
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital / Harvard Medical School
  Charlestown, Massachusetts
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  Ross Zafonte, DO, FACRM

  Senior Vice President/ Professor and Chair
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/ harvard
  Boston, Massachusetts

Non-presenting Author(s)

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  Jeffrey Schneider, MD

  Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts

Presenter(s)

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  Marilyn Spivack

  Coordinator of Neurotrauma Outreach Services
  Spaulding Rehabiliation Hospital
  Charlestown, Massachusetts

In the United States and globally, caregivers help to support individuals with serious illness and/or catastrophic injury and provide invaluable support to a growing number of people living with disability. Large demographic shifts and advances in medical technology and resuscitation ensure that many more people will rely on caregivers and long-term care services in coming years. This presentation will review key population characteristics of caregivers in the United States, effective policy strategies to support caregivers for specific rehabilitation populations across the care continuum, and the role of partnering with patients and caregivers to design meaningful and evidence-based care pathways.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the different types of individuals who may serve as professional or informal caregivers for key rehabilitation populations in the United States.
• List 2-3 major demographic shifts affecting expected caregiver responsibilities in the next 3 decades in the United States.
• Compare 2-3 health policy initiatives in the United States and globally to support caregivers across rehabilitation settings.
• Describe 2-3 aspects of collaborative care delivery design ("co-design") used in evidence-based care delivery models used to support consumers and caregivers.