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Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults
The exponential growth in the aging population challenges the Primary Care Providers (PCPs) who provide health care services to older adults who are considered highly vulnerable and are in need of specialized healthcare services. The development of new policies and the adoption of appropriate health...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9320876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35885757 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071230 |
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author | Pinaka, Ourania Gioulekas, Fotios Routa, Evlampia Delliou, Aikaterini Stamatiadis, Evangelos Dratsiou, Ioanna Romanopoulou, Evangelia Billinis, Charalambos |
author_facet | Pinaka, Ourania Gioulekas, Fotios Routa, Evlampia Delliou, Aikaterini Stamatiadis, Evangelos Dratsiou, Ioanna Romanopoulou, Evangelia Billinis, Charalambos |
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description | The exponential growth in the aging population challenges the Primary Care Providers (PCPs) who provide health care services to older adults who are considered highly vulnerable and are in need of specialized healthcare services. The development of new policies and the adoption of appropriate health strategies by PCPs may improve the early detection and prevention of mental disorders in older adults. This reduces both queuing and costs in outpatient clinics while preventing stigma for patients and families. To this end, specialized training for PCPs at the Local Primary Health Care Unit (LPHCU) was provided in order to conduct efficient assessments of older adults (65 and above years old, without previously diagnosed depression or dementia, and willing to participate). The assessment is based on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Older adults identified with MMSE <20 and GDS >5 were referred to the psychiatric outpatient clinic. The aim of this study is to discuss evidence-informed policymaking in Greece with a focus on advancing mental health practices and scaling up quality primary healthcare services for older adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-93208762022-07-27 Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults Pinaka, Ourania Gioulekas, Fotios Routa, Evlampia Delliou, Aikaterini Stamatiadis, Evangelos Dratsiou, Ioanna Romanopoulou, Evangelia Billinis, Charalambos Healthcare (Basel) Communication The exponential growth in the aging population challenges the Primary Care Providers (PCPs) who provide health care services to older adults who are considered highly vulnerable and are in need of specialized healthcare services. The development of new policies and the adoption of appropriate health strategies by PCPs may improve the early detection and prevention of mental disorders in older adults. This reduces both queuing and costs in outpatient clinics while preventing stigma for patients and families. To this end, specialized training for PCPs at the Local Primary Health Care Unit (LPHCU) was provided in order to conduct efficient assessments of older adults (65 and above years old, without previously diagnosed depression or dementia, and willing to participate). The assessment is based on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Older adults identified with MMSE <20 and GDS >5 were referred to the psychiatric outpatient clinic. The aim of this study is to discuss evidence-informed policymaking in Greece with a focus on advancing mental health practices and scaling up quality primary healthcare services for older adults. MDPI 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9320876/ /pubmed/35885757 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071230 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Pinaka, Ourania Gioulekas, Fotios Routa, Evlampia Delliou, Aikaterini Stamatiadis, Evangelos Dratsiou, Ioanna Romanopoulou, Evangelia Billinis, Charalambos Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults |
title | Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults |
title_full | Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults |
title_short | Introducing New Paths towards Public Primary Healthcare Services in Greece: Efforts for Scaling-Up Mental Healthcare Services Addressed to Older Adults |
title_sort | introducing new paths towards public primary healthcare services in greece: efforts for scaling-up mental healthcare services addressed to older adults |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9320876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35885757 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071230 |
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