Table 3 Implementation strategies across the different phenomena in dementia care

Use evaluative and iterative strategies

(A) Behavior that challenges supporting a person with dementia in long-term care

(B) Delirium in acute care

(C) Postacute care needs

 Assess for readiness and identify barriers and facilitators

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

 Audit and provide feedback

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

 Develop and organize quality monitoring

x

x

2

 Develop a formal implementation blueprint

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

 Stage implementation scale up

x

x

2

Provide interactive assistance

 Facilitation

x

x

2

Adapt and tailor to context

 Tailor strategies

x

x

x

x

4

 Promote adaptability

x

x

x

x

4

 Use data experts

x

1

Develop stakeholder interrelationships

 Identify and prepare champions

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

 Organize clinician implementation team meetings

x

x

x

3

 Recruit, designate, and train for leadership

x

1

 Inform local opinion leaders

x

1

 Build a coalition

x

x

x

3

 Obtain formal commitments

x

x

2

 Capture and share local knowledge

x

1

 Use advisory boards and workgroups

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

 Use an implementation advisor

x

x

x

x

x

5

Train and educate stakeholders

 Conduct ongoing training

x

x

x

3

 Provide ongoing consultation

x

x

x

3

 Develop educational materials

x

x

x

x

4

 Make training dynamic

x

1

 Distribute educational materials

x

x

x

3

 Use train-the-trainer strategies

x

x

2

 Conduct educational meetings

x

x

x

x

4

 Work with educational institutions

x

1

Support clinicians

 Facilitate relay of clinical data to providers

x

1

 Remind clinicians

x

1

 Create new clinical teams

x

x

2

Engage consumers

 Involve patients/consumers and family members

x

x

x

3

 Intervene with patients/consumers to enhance uptake and adherence

x

1

 Use mass media

x

1

Utilize financial strategies

 Fund and contract for the clinical innovation

x

1

 Access new funding

x

x

x

3

Change infrastructure

 Change physical structure and equipment

x

x

x

3