This study focuses on older people with cognitive difficulties. Cognitive difficulties include trouble thinking, remembering, concentrating, and/or making decisions. While in the hospital, older people with cognitive difficulties can lose their ability to do everyday activities such as dressing themselves. If they can’t get back to doing their usual activities within one month of coming home from the hospital, they are unlikely to ever do so. 

We developed several strategies that may help older people get back to their usual activities after a hospital stay. In this study, we are inviting older people, their families, and healthcare providers to tell us what they think about the strategies. The findings, which are still to come, will guide us in making recommendations to help older people get back to their usual activities after a hospital stay. 

This study is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.