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- Ekman, Inger, 1952, et al.
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Person-centered care -ready for prime time.
- 2011
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In: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. - : Sage Publications. - 1474-5151 .- 1873-1953. ; 10:4, s. 248-251
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Long-term diseases are today the leading cause of mortality worldwide and are estimated to be the leading cause of disability by 2020. Person-centered care (PCC) has been shown to advance concordance between care provider and patient on treatment plans, improve health outcomes and increase patient satisfaction. Yet, despite these and other documented benefits, there are a variety of significant challenges to putting PCC into clinical practice. Although care providers today broadly acknowledge PCC to be an important part of care, in our experience we must establish routines that initiate, integrate, and safeguard PCC in daily clinical practice to ensure that PCC is systematically and consistently practiced, i.e. not just when we feel we have time for it. In this paper, we propose a few simple routines to facilitate and safeguard the transition to PCC. We believe that if conscientiously and systematically applied, they will help to make PCC the focus and mainstay of care in long-term illness.
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- Westgård, Theresa, 1969, et al.
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Voices of Ill Frail Older People: Personal Resources and Experiences of Health Care Services : Special Issue Article “Healthy Aging and Elder Care”
- 2021
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In: Gerontology and Geriatric Research. ; 4:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: For many older people, ageing may become associated with frailty. Frequently reduced physical functioning and health are common in frailty; however, this is only one part of the big picture that may affect a frail older person’s wellbeing. To understand a frail older person’s unique capability, the study aimed to identifying their personal resources’ to comprehend how they experienced receiving health care services. Method: Ten participants aged 75 or older, screened as frail were interviewed one month after discharge from the hospital ward practicing the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Result: Frail older people have personal resources established earlier in life and these remained intact and useful when receiving health care services. These personal resources were service: being service minded, having confidence in organizing and conversing and negotiating; and inherent abilities: being resilient and being hopeful and optimistic. Conclusion: Even though people have, personal resources it does not meant that they could use them, since it was dependent upon a collaboration between a person ’s social networks, physical environments and person resources. Identifying personal resources could give frail older people the boost they need to experience that they are still competent and capable when needing and receiving health care services. This would require that the health care staff and the health care organization support frail older people by practicing integrated care that is person-centered.
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