“To be seen” – older adults and their relatives’ care experiences given by a geriatric mobile team (GerMoT)

Abstract Background The proportion of older people in the population has increased globally and has thus become a challenge in health and social care. There is good evidence that care based on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is superior to the usual care found in acute hospital settings; ho...

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Autores principales:	Iréne Ericsson, Anne W. Ekdahl, Ingrid Hellström
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Qualitative study Multimorbidity Comprehensive geriatric assessment Care experience Community dwelling Safety Geriatrics RC952-954.6
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e7047251e01b4bc5ad55448f902568522021-11-07T12:16:52Z“To be seen” – older adults and their relatives’ care experiences given by a geriatric mobile team (GerMoT)10.1186/s12877-021-02587-y1471-2318https://doaj.org/article/e7047251e01b4bc5ad55448f902568522021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02587-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/1471-2318Abstract Background The proportion of older people in the population has increased globally and has thus become a challenge in health and social care. There is good evidence that care based on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is superior to the usual care found in acute hospital settings; however, the evidence is scarcer in community-dwelling older people. This study is a secondary outcome of a randomized controlled trial of community-dwelling older people in which the intervention group (IG) received CGA-based care by a geriatric mobile geriatric team (GerMoT). The aim of this study is to obtain a better understanding, from the patients’ perspective, the experience of being a part of the IG for both the participants and their relatives. Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews of twenty-two community dwelling participants and eleven of their relatives were conducted using content analysis for interpretation. Results The main finding expressed by the participants and their relatives was in the form of feelings related to safety and security and being recognized. The participants found the care easily accessible, and that contacts could be taken according to needs by health care professionals who knew them. This is in accordance with person-centred care as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for older people in need of integrated care. Other positive aspects were recurrent health examinations and being given the time needed when seeking health care. Not all participants were positive as some found the information about the intervention to be unclear especially regarding whom to contact when in different situations. Conclusions CGA-based care of community-dwelling older people shows promising results as the participants in GerMoT found the care was giving a feeling of security and safety. They found the care easily accessible and that it was provided by health care professionals who knew them as a person and knew their health care problems. They found this to be in contrast to the usual care provided, but GerMoT care did not fulfill some people’s expectations.Iréne EricssonAnne W. EkdahlIngrid HellströmBMCarticleQualitative studyMultimorbidityComprehensive geriatric assessmentCare experienceCommunity dwellingSafetyGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENBMC Geriatrics, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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description	Abstract Background The proportion of older people in the population has increased globally and has thus become a challenge in health and social care. There is good evidence that care based on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is superior to the usual care found in acute hospital settings; however, the evidence is scarcer in community-dwelling older people. This study is a secondary outcome of a randomized controlled trial of community-dwelling older people in which the intervention group (IG) received CGA-based care by a geriatric mobile geriatric team (GerMoT). The aim of this study is to obtain a better understanding, from the patients’ perspective, the experience of being a part of the IG for both the participants and their relatives. Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews of twenty-two community dwelling participants and eleven of their relatives were conducted using content analysis for interpretation. Results The main finding expressed by the participants and their relatives was in the form of feelings related to safety and security and being recognized. The participants found the care easily accessible, and that contacts could be taken according to needs by health care professionals who knew them. This is in accordance with person-centred care as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for older people in need of integrated care. Other positive aspects were recurrent health examinations and being given the time needed when seeking health care. Not all participants were positive as some found the information about the intervention to be unclear especially regarding whom to contact when in different situations. Conclusions CGA-based care of community-dwelling older people shows promising results as the participants in GerMoT found the care was giving a feeling of security and safety. They found the care easily accessible and that it was provided by health care professionals who knew them as a person and knew their health care problems. They found this to be in contrast to the usual care provided, but GerMoT care did not fulfill some people’s expectations.
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“To be seen” – older adults and their relatives’ care experiences given by a geriatric mobile team (GerMoT)

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