Perspectives on which health settings geriatricians should staff: a qualitative study of patients, care providers and health administrators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With a shortage of geriatricians and an aging population, strategies are needed to optimise the distribution of geriatricians across different healthcare settings (acute care, rehabilitation and community clinics). The perspectives of knowledge users on staffing geriatricians in different healthcare settings are unknown. We aimed to understand the acceptability and feasibility (including barriers and facilitators) of implementing a geriatrician-led comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in acute care, rehabilitation, and community clinic settings.

Methods

A qualitative description approach was used to explore the experience of those implementing (administrative staff), providing (healthcare providers), and receiving (patients/family caregivers) a geriatrician-le

SUBMITTER: Wong EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748576 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature