Can the Safety Net be Age-Friendly? How to Address Its Important Role in Caring for Older Adults with Geriatric Conditions
| Autor: | Anna Chodos, Christine K. Cassel, Christine S. Ritchie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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80 and over Gerontology Hospitals Public Geriatric care business.industry Safety net Age friendly 010102 general mathematics Middle Aged 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Perspective Health care Quality of Life Internal Medicine Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health 0101 mathematics Older people business Aged |
| Zdroj: | J Gen Intern Med |
| ISSN: | 1525-1497 0884-8734 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11606-020-06010-x |
| Popis: | The safety net, a collection of public hospitals, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), and publicly funded community-based healthcare entities, provides essential care to middle-aged and older adults with geriatric conditions. The role of the safety net for these adults will intensify over the next two decades with the growing numbers of middle-aged and older adults with adverse social determinants of health and premature geriatric conditions. The foundation for addressing their needs is to detect geriatric conditions and then focus care plans on the impact of these factors on function, which predicts mortality and quality of life more than chronic conditions alone. To detect geriatric conditions in safety net populations, the Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) framework offers an evidence-based focus on the 4Ms: Mentation, Mobility, Medications, and what Matters. Further incorporating geriatric care models that target the 4Ms and are adapted to safety net populations will enable age-friendly care that optimizes health and addresses what matters to older people. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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