Abstract
A model for the evaluation of integrated care approaches for frail older people
Highlights
Integrated care has emerged as a strategy to transform current primary care systems in order to deliver better care for community-dwelling older people
The objective of the study is to present a theoretical model to facilitate the evaluation of integrated primary care approaches for frail community-dwelling older people and understand the underlying mechanisms explaining their effectiveness
Theoretical model: The model is built on important elements of integrated primary care approaches which are aimed at improving quality of care and well-being of frail communityliving older people
Summary
Integrated care has emerged as a strategy to transform current primary care systems in order to deliver better care for community-dwelling older people. The objective of the study is to present a theoretical model to facilitate the evaluation of integrated primary care approaches for frail community-dwelling older people and understand the underlying mechanisms explaining their effectiveness. Theoretical model: The model is built on important elements of integrated primary care approaches which are aimed at improving quality of care and well-being of frail communityliving older people. The proposed theoretical model incorporates various interrelated elements of integrated care approaches for older people, such as proactive case finding of frail adults in the community, case management, medication review, self management support and working in multidisciplinary teams. Efforts to improve primary care for frail older patients should integrate these promising components in order to assure that active, informed older patients can interact productively with their prepared, proactive primary care practice team members.
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