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How effective is integrated care for community-dwelling frail older people?
— The case of the Netherlands | | Author(s) | Emiel O Hoogendijk |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 45, no 5, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 587-590 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Acute illness ; Living in the community ; Health services ; General practice ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Multi disciplinary ; Projects ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Integrated care programmes have been developed to enhance the quality care for older adults in primary care. These programs usually consist of a multidisciplinary approach, with personalised care based on comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGAs). However, there is limited evidence for the effectiveness of these programmes for frail older people. The authors review the results of three recent intervention studies carried out as part of the Dutch National Care for the Elderly Programme. The results illustrate how difficult it is to improve outcomes in community-dwelling frail older adults by means of integrated care. The authors also discuss the implications of these studies for future research into frailty interventions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170106225 A |
| Classmark | CHA: K4: L: L5: QAJ: QK6: 3DM: 3E: 76H |
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