A geriatric nurse practitioner (GNP) reviewed GA results and implemented multidisciplinary supportive care interventions (GAIN-S) via telehealth between April 2020 and January 2023. Key evaluation measures included: number of patients who completed GAIN-S; number of referrals to multidisciplinary ...
A geriatric nurse practitioner (GNP) reviewed GA results and implemented multidisciplinary supportive care interventions (GAIN-S) via telehealth between April 2020 and January 2023. Key evaluation measures included: number of patients who completed GAIN-S; number of referrals to multidisciplinary ...
Managed care may offer less than optimal care when compared with fee-for-service plans for health care of the elderly. Interventions in geriatric drug therapy can improve drug adherence and reduce adverse drug reactions as well as contribute to improved disease state management in the geriatric ...
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Percutaneous coronary interventions have progressed through the era of plain balloon dilation, bare-metal stent insertion to drug-eluting stent treatment, which has significantly reduced the acute occlusion and restenosis rates of target vessels and improved patient prognosis, ma... ...
“Usual care”: Patients are treated according to ongoing standards in oncology. “Case-management intervention”: Patients are treated according to ongoing standards in oncology as in the “Usual care” arm. In addition, patients receive geriatric assessments and interventions coordinated by a geriatri...
Issues identified but not requiring interventions (either already being addressed or already optimised or not modifiable) were not included as interventions. The assessment and intervention plans were communicated to the oncologist (electronically) before starting chemotherapy, General Practitioner and patient...
America. We identified three primary model of care components that may improve the successful delivery of geriatric care to people living with HIV: Collaboration and Integration; Organization of Geriatric Care; and Support for Holistic Care. Most articles included some aspects of all three components....
Since the 1950s, orthogeriatric units have introduced improvements in the care of geriatric patients admitted to hospital because of hip fractures. During this period, these units have reduced mean hospital stays, number of complications, and both in-hospital mortality and mortality over the middle ...
This training consisted of four days spread over four months with a focus on patient- and goal-oriented rehabilitation, the rehabilitation climate, IPC, and making improvement plans together. The second was the certified team training “Interprofessional Neurorehabilitation” provided by an external ...