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Preventive Care and Outcomes of Interprofessional Medicare Annual Wellness Visits for Older Adults

As we anticipate a growing population of older adults, we will see an increase in chronic conditions such as dementia and falls. To meet these public health needs, we must systematically provide screening, education, preventive care, and supportive care for older patients and their caregivers in a p...

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Autores principales: Masuda, Camlyn, Aggarwal, Lovedhi, Bray, Michele Lani, Cheung, Christabel K., Kim, Bum Jung, Wen, Aida, Okamoto, Lauren, Uechi, Matthew, Lee, Yeonjung Jane, Masaki, Kamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554633
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416752
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Sumario:As we anticipate a growing population of older adults, we will see an increase in chronic conditions such as dementia and falls. To meet these public health needs, we must systematically provide screening, education, preventive care, and supportive care for older patients and their caregivers in a primary care setting. This will require a workforce trained in providing for the complex medical and psychosocial needs of an older adult population in an interprofessional and collaborative fashion. By integrating geriatric screening tools into an interdisciplinary Annual Wellness Visit teaching clinic, we were able to successfully improve rates of geriatric screening for dementia, depression, falls, medication reconciliation and advance care planning. We also saw improvements in patient care and satisfaction and provided the opportunity for interprofessional collaboration and education for students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and social work.