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Patient-facing education may help promote discontinuation of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults without dementia, but it is unclear how to adapt this approach for PLWD. Our objective was to solicit feedback from PLWD and their care partners to gain insights into the design of PLWD-facing deprescribing intervention materials and PLWD-facing education material more broadly.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We conducted 3 successive focus groups with PLWD aged\u2009\u2265\u200950 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200912) and their care partners (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200910) between December 2022 and February 2023. Focus groups were recorded and transcripts were analyzed for overarching themes.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We identified 5 key themes: [1] Use images and language consistent with how PLWD perceive themselves; [2] Avoid content that might heighten fear or anxiety; [3] Use straightforward delivery with simple language and images; [4] Direct recipients to additional information; make the next step easy; and [5] Deliver material directly to the PLWD.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>PLWD-facing educational material should be addressed directly to PLWD, using plain, non-threatening and accessible language with clean, straightforward formatting.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12877-024-04953-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,29]],"date-time":"2024-04-29T15:01:58Z","timestamp":1714402918000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Insights into designing educational materials for persons living with dementia: a focus group study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Charity M.","family":"Hoffman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah E.","family":"Vordenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amanda N.","family":"Leggett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Esther","family":"Akinyemi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Molly","family":"Turnwald","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Donovan T.","family":"Maust","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,29]]},"reference":[{"issue":"19","key":"4953_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1778","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.0b013e31828726f5","volume":"80","author":"LE Hebert","year":"2013","unstructured":"Hebert LE, Weuve J, Scherr PA, Evans DA. 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