Addressing safety risks in integrated care programs for older people living at home: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many older people live at home, often with complex and chronic health and social care needs. Integrated care programs are increasingly being implemented as a way to better address these needs. To support older people living at home, it is also essential to maintain their safety. Integrated care programs have the potential to address a wide range of risks and problems that could undermine older people's ability to live independently at home. The aim of this scoping review is to provide insight into how integrated care programs address safety risks faced by older people living at home - an area that is rather underexplored.

Methods

Safety was conceptualised as preventing or reducing the risk of problems, associated with individual functioning and behaviour, social a

SUBMITTER: Lette M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7048120 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature