Community-Based Supports and Services for Older Adults: A Primer for Clinicians.
Although 20% of adults 60 years and older receive community-based supports and services (CBSS), clinicians may have little more than a vague awareness of what is available and which services may benefit their patients. As health care shifts toward more creative and holistic models of care, there are opportunities for CBSS staff and primary care clinicians to collaborate toward the goal of maintaining patients' health and enabling them to remain safely in the community. This primer reviews the half-century history of these organizations in the United States, describes the most commonly used services, and explains how to access them.
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Eugenia L
EL
Siegler
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Sonam D
SD
Lama
Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Campus, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Michael G
MG
Knight
Neighborhood Self Help by Older Persons Project (SHOPP), Bronx, NY 10459, USA.
Evelyn
E
Laureano
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
M Carrington
MC
Reid