Optimising the care for older persons with complex chronic conditions in home care and nursing homes: design and protocol of I-CARE4OLD, an observational study using real-world data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In ageing societies, the number of older adults with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) is rapidly increasing. Care for older persons with CCCs is challenging, due to interactions between multiple conditions and their treatments. In home care and nursing homes, where most older persons with CCCs receive care, professionals often lack appropriate decision support suitable and sufficient to address the medical and functional complexity of persons with CCCs. This EU-funded project aims to develop decision support systems using high-quality, internationally standardised, routine care data to support better prognostication of health trajectories and treatment impact among older persons with CCCs.

Methods and analysis

Real-world data from older persons aged ≥60 years i

SUBMITTER: Hoogendijk EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314651 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature