Caregiver Needs Assessment in Primary Care: Views of Clinicians, Staff, Patients, and Caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand current practices, challenges, and opportunities for a systematic assessment of family caregivers' needs and risks in primary care.

Design

Qualitative study consisting of in-depth semi-structured interviews.

Setting

Four primary care practices located in urban and rural settings.

Participants

Primary care clinicians, staff, and administrators (N = 30), as well as older adult patients and family caregivers (N = 40), recruited using purposive and maximum variation sampling.

Measurements

Current experiences, challenges, and opportunities for integrating standardized caregiver assessment into primary care delivery. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed; transcripts were analyzed using the constant comparative method of data

SUBMITTER: Riffin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7325837 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature