Primary and Community Care

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Abstract

Care of older persons in community and primary care differs substantially between European countries, but most countries pursue the concept of “ageing in place”, meaning that most older people do not live in institutions. More and more older people are living alone. Relatives still play an important role in the care of older people, but it differs substantially within Europe, and will probably remain the case even in the future. Care of older people with complex needs requires corresponding complex teams to be able to provide adequate and good quality of care, which means that there must be geriatric skills to diagnose, treat, and comprehensively follow up people with common geriatric diseases, including dementia, within primary and community care. Specially designed structures within primary and community care should work proactively to take care of older people as many do not and cannot seek care appropriately. One of the reasons for this is cognitive decline.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLearning geriatric medicine
Subtitle of host publicationA study guide for medical students
Editors Regina Roller-Wirnsberger, Katrin Singler, Maria Cristina Polidori
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages305-311
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-61997-2
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-61996-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NamePractical Issues in Geriatrics
ISSN (Print)2509-6060
ISSN (Electronic)2509-6079

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Geriatrics

Free keywords

  • Geriatric Patient
  • Communication
  • Health care settings for older people
  • Geriatric Management
  • Core Competences

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