Perspectives from persons living with dementia and their caregivers on emergency department visits, care transitions, and outpatient follow‐up: A qualitative study

Abstract

ED care and care transitions for PLWD are suboptimal, and patient-level factors may exacerbate existing system-level deficiencies. Insight from patients and their caregivers may inform the development of ED interventions to design specialized care for this patient population. This qualitative study also demonstrated the feasibility of conducting ED-based studies on PLWD during their ED visit.