Timely short-term specialized palliative care service intervention for older people with frailty and their family carers in primary care: Development and modelling of the frailty+ intervention using theory of change.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care is advocated for older people with frailty and multimorbidity in the community. However, how to best deliver it is unclear.

Aim

To develop and model an intervention of short-term specialized palliative care that is initiated timely based on complex care needs and integrated with primary care for older people with frailty and their family, detailing the intervention components, outcomes and preconditions needed for implementation, using a novel theoretical approach.

Design

Observational study informed by the UK MRC guidance for complex interventions integrated with a Theory of Change (i.e. hypothetical causal pathway to impact) approach. We synthesized evidence from a systematic review, semi-structured interviews, group discussions and Theory

SUBMITTER: de Nooijer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649418 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature