Standards of medical care for nursing home residents in Europe

被引:22
作者
Briggs, R. [1 ]
Robinson, S. [1 ]
Martin, F. [1 ]
O'Neill, D. [1 ]
机构
[1] European Union Geriatr Med Soc, Special Interest Grp Nursing Home & Community Car, London EC1M 4DN, England
关键词
Aged; Nursing homes; Care standards; OLDER-PEOPLE; PHYSICIAN;
D O I
10.1016/j.eurger.2012.07.455
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Objective: Nursing home inhabitants represent the most vulnerable and frail group of older people. They have more complex medical backgrounds and more significant care requirements. With an ever-ageing European population, the number of people requiring nursing home care will only increase. It is important then that we optimise the medical care of older people living in nursing homes. Methods: Formalized care standards are essential to optimal care but we feel that such guidelines are lacking. We decided to investigate this by means of a survey on nursing home care standards sent to the geriatric medicine societies around Europe. Results: Only five of 25 (20%) health services have a requirement for specific training in geriatric medicine for doctors in nursing homes, while only three of 25 (12%) countries have written medical care standards applicable to nursing home care provided by professional organizations. Four of 25 (16%) had a nursing home doctor society and one of these, The Netherlands, provided written medical care standards for nursing homes which were also adopted by the relevant general practitioner society. Discussion: The Europe-wide deficiency of documented care standards for nursing homes is alarming. It should be a prerequisite that physicians dealing with these complex patients have undertaken some level of specific training in geriatric medicine. It is important that geriatricians, old age psychiatrists and family doctors across European countries engage more formally on the development of appropriate models for both developing care standards and specifying appropriate training and support for doctors working in nursing homes. (c) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS and European Union Geriatric Medicine Society. All rights reserved.
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