Table 1 Site Context and Adaptations per Site (n = 8)
| Â | Site A | Site B | Site C | Site D | Site E | Site F | Site G | Site H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital complexitya | 1A | 3 | 1A | 1A | 1A | 1A | 1B | 1A |
Relative Star Ratingb 2018 (1–5) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Target audience Caregivers of Veterans referred to the following services | • Bowel and Bladder care caregiver stipend • Home and Community-based consults (HCBS) | • Respite Care • Caregiver Support Program (CSP) rosters | • Bowel and Bladder stipend • HCBS consults | • Transitional Care • Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) • HCBS consults | • Vision Impairment consults • HCBS consults | • Geriatric clinic rosters • Neurology clinic rosters • HCBS consults | • HCBS consults | • HCBS consults |
Delivery team service lines Comprised of social workers, nurses, and psychologists | • Transition Case Management • Caregiver Support Program | • Caregiver Support Program | • Geriatrics • Social Work service (spinal cord injury, Transitional Case Management) • Psychology • Caregiver Support Program | • Caregiver Support Program (CSP) | • Social Work service (Primary care, geriatrics, palliative care spinal cord injury, visual impairment) • Caregiver Support Program | • Geriatrics • Social Work service (neurology) • Caregiver Support Program | • Social Work service (primary care, purchased care) • Psychology • Occupational Therapy • Caregiver Support Program | • Social Work service (inpatient, neurology, primary care) • Chaplaincy • Caregiver Support Program |
Optional content | Videos, in-person booster sessions after training | Â | Videos | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Selected mode of delivery | In-person weekly | In-person + video conference, 1-day training | In-person weekly | In-person weekly + 2-day training | In-person weekly + 2-day training | In-person weekly + remote video or teleconference weekly | In-person weekly | In-person weekly |
Training location | VA Medical Center | Chamber of Commerce, VFW, VA Medical Center | VA Medical Center | Outlying VA outpatient clinics, VA dialysis clinic, VA Medical Center | Outlying VA outpatient clinics, VA Medical Center | VA Medical Center | Outlying VA outpatient clinics | Outlying VA outpatient clinics, VA Medical Center |
Covid-19 adaptations | • Conference call group trainings | • Conference call group trainings | • Telehealth group trainings | • Conference call group trainings | • Telehealth group trainings | • No adaptations already offering remote options | • Conference call group trainings | • Conference call group trainings |