Professional Care Networks of Frail Older People: An Explorative Survey Study from the Patient Perspective

Conclusions: Our findings indicate that the elderly often do not experience the integration of multidisciplinary care as such. This is a real opportunity for MTs to improve their care and to make the patients ’ experiences better in line with what they are aiming: allowing patients to live at home as healthy and independently as possible for as long as possible. We showed that informal caregivers often form communication bridges between patients and professionals. Having a better knowledge of the patie nt perspective enables the gaps in professional care networks of frail older people to be filled and facilitates the anticipation of crisis situations. Published on 2020-04-01 15:12:11
Source: International Journal of Integrated Care - Category: Nursing Source Type: research