Caregiver Enhanced Assistance and Support for the Elderly Heart Failure Patient at Hospital Discharge (CEASE-HF)

Launched by MCMASTER UNIVERSITY · Jun 25, 2013

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Primary diagnosis of Heart Failure (with preserved or impaired left ventricular systolic dysfunction) confirmed with the Boston Criteria \>= 5 points
• • 60 years of age or older
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Residence in, or planned discharge to a long-term care facility (LTC)
• • Life expectancy less than 3 months
• • Patient transferred to Geriatric Rehabilitation unit
• • No caregiver
• • Residence is more than a 30 minute rive from hospital of discharge
• • Patient refused to participate
• • Caregiver refused to participate
• • Patient referred for CV surgery prior to hospital discharge
• • Patient on IV Lasix at or bumetamide at hospital discharge
• • Not on PO Lasix at hospital discharge
• • Patient currently on dialysis
• • Caregiver unavailable during daytime hours
• • Caregiver has disability, serious mental illness or cognitive dysfunction
• • Patient discharged early
• • Patient enrolled in another randomized controlled trial
• • Patient expired
• • Patient and caregiver unable to speak and read English (Patient may be enrolled if nurse can converse minimally with patient and caregiver. S-TOFHLA will not be done for reading comprehension and questionnaires will be administered orally.)
• • Severe aortic stenosis or severe mitral stenosis