Janet W Rich-Edwards, Donna L Maney
Best practices to promote rigor and reproducibility in the era of sex-inclusive research
eLife
caregivers people living dementia pillars care community providing adequate support throughout caregiving journey essential quality life may also contribute improving care people living dementia navcare navigation connecting advocating resourcing engaging volunteerled navigation program provides support older adults lifelimiting illnesses living community however navcare provide support directly caregivers people living dementia adapt navcare support caregivers needed establish caregivers needs competencies volunteer navigators trained support caregivers meet needs modified edelphi method utilized consisted administering three sequential questionnaires panel 35 individuals expertise variety dementia related domains two final lists 46 caregivers needs 41 volunteer competencies established inform development volunteer navigator training curriculum findings suggest trained volunteer navigators may able support caregivers people living dementia throughout disease trajectory used inform development future dementia navigation programs