Development and testing of the Geriatric Care Assessment Practices (G-CAP) survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC) tool was designed to support comprehensive geriatric assessment in home care, it is more often used for service allocation and little is known about how point-of-care providers collect the information they need to plan and provide care. The purpose of this pilot study was to develop and test a survey to explore the geriatric care assessment practices of nurses, occupational therapists (OTs) and physiotherapists (PTs) in home care.

Methods

Literature review and expert consultation informed the development of the Geriatric Care Assessment Practices (G-CAP) survey-a 33 question, online, self-report tool exploring assessment and information-sharing methods, attitudes, knowledge, experience and demographic inf

SUBMITTER: Giosa JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015173 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature