Optimizing patient and family involvement in geriatric home care.
Although a growing body of literature supports the expansion of patient and family involvement in healthcare processes, little attention has thus far been directed at activating geriatric home care patients and/or families to be more effective in managing health-related activities. In this manuscript we consider the unique needs, attributes, and circumstances of the geriatric home care population in conjunction with patient, family, provider, and organizational interventions with a primary or secondary objective of activating patients and/or families. We summarize what has been learned from these efforts, with attention to feasibility and potential applicability to geriatric home care.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. jwolff@jhsph.edu
Jennifer L
JL
Wolff
Debra L
DL
Roter
Barbara
B
Given
Laura N
LN
Gitlin
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005190:Family; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation