Communication & Dementia: A guide for families
We recently caught up with Charlotte, a Resource Specialist delivering Trualta in Joplin, Missouri. As an early Trualta user, she has an interesting perspective on how she uses Trualta to engage families. How are you using Trualta with your dementia caregivers? We offer Trualta through a program sponsored by the Department of Health & Senior…
Background: Short-term respite care is one of the most common services offered to family caregivers. Caregivers need respite to tend to their personal needs, relax, and re-energize. Although respite is the most popular social service support provided by our partners, many organizations have shared with us that they are unsure of the long-term benefits that respite care…
A message from Jonathan Davis, Trualta’s founder & CEO, about our recent statewide partnership. This week, our team announced our statewide partnership with Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services and the Greater Wisconsin Area Agency on Aging. We are honored to be able to offer our training program and resources to family caregivers, for free, across…
Introduction From the moment they begin their professional training, healthcare practitioners are made aware of the importance of patient-centered care. Practitioners are taught that when they involve patients in healthcare discussions and take their values, needs, and desires into account when making decisions, they can achieve better health outcomes1,2 . While this is undoubtedly fundamental in…
Background: We frequently speak with organizations that implement family caregiver programs, both in the community or at point-of-care, who struggle to drive awareness and adoption. While the programs are designed to meet caregiver needs, earning buy-in from caregivers is never easy. Through these conversations, we’ve identified a few common roadblocks and what organizations can do…
Health Literacy is a Growing Challenge Healthy People, an initiative run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve the nation’s health and well-being, has recently launched the fifth iteration of their initiative. This initiative is revised every decade and builds on new knowledge to address the latest public health priorities. Organizations…
