Can the Safety Net be Age-Friendly? How to Address Its Important Role in Caring for Older Adults with Geriatric Conditions
| Autor: | Chodos, Anna Haseltine, Cassel, Christine Karen, Ritchie, Christine Seel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Aging
Clinical Sciences 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services Middle Aged Public Health Services Hospitals Good Health and Well Being Clinical Research General & Internal Medicine Quality of Life 80 and over Humans Patient Safety Generic health relevance Aged Health and social care services research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of general internal medicine, vol 35, iss 11 |
| 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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