Family physicians’ perspectives on memory clinics in primary care Journal Articles

abstract

• Aim: To identify family physicians’ perception of the primary care collaborative memory clinic (PCCMC) care model. Methods: Physicians with access to a PCCMC completed a survey to assess their satisfaction with various aspects of PCCMC care delivery (n = 78). Interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of physicians (n = 20) to gather their opinions on the strengths, gaps in care and benefits associated with the PCCMC model. Results: There was support for this care model in providing timely quality dementia care at a primary care level, making it easier for referring physicians to manage challenging aspects of dementia care. Conclusion: PCCMCs provide a significant opportunity for supporting physicians to manage the care of persons with dementia within primary care practice.

authors

• Lee, Linda
• Hillier, Loretta M

status

• published 

publication date

• December 2016

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1109 Neurosciences (FoR)
• 1701 Psychology (FoR)
• Attitude of Health Personnel (MeSH)
• Dementia (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Physicians, Family (MeSH)
• Primary Health Care (MeSH)
• Quality of Health Care (MeSH)
• Surveys and Questionnaires (MeSH)

published in

• Neurodegenerative Disease Management  Journal

keywords

• Attitude of Health Personnel
• Dementia
• Humans
• Physicians, Family
• Primary Health Care
• Quality of Health Care
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• care
• dementia
• interprofessional
• memory clinics
• primary care

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2217/nmt-2016-0031

PubMed ID

• 27827565

start page

• 467

end page

• 478

volume

• 6

issue

• 6