Abstract
Increasing life expectancy correlating highly with polymorbidity, frequently causes recurring inpatient stays at Geriatric hospital wards. After discharge from hospital, an offer for physical and psychological after-care seems necessary for most patients. Purpose of this project was the development, implementation and primary assessment of an out-patient after-care intervention program for elderly, multimorbid patients and their relatives. During a period of eight months an interdisciplinary team offered psychological interventions as well as medical advice, nursing care and social casework. Primary goal was the investigation of health care utilization conduct and effectiveness of this after-care service in regard to sustainable stabilization of former inpatients. Preliminary results show higher demand of psychological and psychotherapeutic groups, whereas medical questions and nursing care problems were of minor concern to the patients. Contrary to our presumptions, even geriatric patients with a diagnosis of depression or anxiety disorder, showed to be reliable and constructive participants in psychological group settings. Situation and problems of (nursing) relatives could be identified accurately, although they represented an independent target group, possibly in need of more specific interventions.
Highlights
Due to increasing life expectancy with higher risks of multimorbidity and dementia, patient centered care has become increasingly challenging.During the last decades research in Gerontology has focused mainly on a positive perspective on ageing
Increasing life expectancy correlating highly with polymorbidity, frequently causes recurring inpatient stays at Geriatric hospital wards
Preliminary results show higher demand of psychological and psychotherapeutic groups, whereas medical questions and nursing care problems were of minor concern to the patients
Summary
Due to increasing life expectancy with higher risks of multimorbidity and dementia, patient centered care has become increasingly challenging.During the last decades research in Gerontology has focused mainly on a positive perspective on ageing. Due to increasing life expectancy with higher risks of multimorbidity and dementia, patient centered care has become increasingly challenging. Recommended models of care and treatment for the elderly, seek to preserve or even enhance quality of life by activating available resources [1,2,3]. Aging process may lead to recurrent inpatient stays of older patients at Geriatric hospital wards. Signification of stress Feeling stress—signals to watch out for. Data Analysis The aim of this study was to find appropriate group-topics for former geriatric patients and their families. Another aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions. As the aftercare group was a novelty, a mainly descriptive approach had been chosen
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