==== Front
Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2809
igaa057.2809
Abstracts
Session 7140 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Implementation of Function and Behavior Focused Care
Resnick Barbara 1 Galik Elizabeth 2 1 
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
2 
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”777 777
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
There are many challenges to engaging long term care residents with dementia in physical and functional activities. Resident factors include age, comorbidities, cognitive impairment, motivation, sedation and polypharmacy. Facility factors include the environment, policies and culture within the setting such as a focus on safety versus function. Commonly used non-evidence based interventions include discouraging residents from walking by repeatedly telling them to sit down, and limiting recreational activities to seated positions. De-implementation to remove inaccurate care practices and implementation approaches are needed to facilitate implementation of Function and Behavior Focused Care. This paper will describe the use of the Synthesis Model for the Process of De-Adoption and the Evidence Integration Triangle implementation strategy in the development of the Function and Behavior Focused Care intervention to alter behavior among staff and cognitively impaired residents and optimize function and physical activity in long term care.