Journal article
Interprofessional and integrated care of the elderly in a family health team.
Abstract
PROBLEM ADDRESSED: Family physicians provide most of the care for the frail elderly population, but many challenges and barriers can lead to difficulties with fragmented, ineffective, and inefficient services.
OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: To improve the quality, efficiency, and coordination of care for the frail elderly living in the community and to enhance geriatric and interprofessional skills for providers and learners.
Authors
Moore A; Patterson C; White J; House ST; Riva JJ; Nair K; Brown A; Kadhim-Saleh A; McCann D
Journal
Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. e436–e441
Publication Date
August 2012
ISSN
0008-350X