"Geriatric Team Health Care Pathways": An Organizational Innovation to Enhance Care Pathways of Long-Term Care Facilities' Residents in the French Region of Occitania.

Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100893243 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1538-9375 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15258610 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Am Med Dir Assoc Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2005- : [New York?] : Elsevier
Original Publication: Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2000-

Long-Term Care*/organization & administration ; Organizational Innovation* ; COVID-19*/prevention & control ; COVID-19*/epidemiology ; Patient Care Team*/organization & administration; Humans ; France ; Aged ; Critical Pathways ; Nursing Homes/organization & administration ; Geriatrics ; SARS-CoV-2

Born out of the COVID crisis, an innovative disposal called "Geriatric Team Healthcare Pathways" (GTHPs) has been implemented in the Occitania area in the south of France. GTHPs can be considered as geriatric "hotlines" providing expertise and knowledge to long-term care facility (LTCF) professionals, pursuing the general objective to promote a simplified, direct, and fair access to geriatric care for residents. This article highlights the history of their creation and their current use cases and operating modes for the year 2023, which includes a "quality of care approach" on good practices at a regional level (820 LTCFs), on topics such as the prevention of malnutrition and falls.
Competing Interests: Disclosure The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Keywords: Care pathways; emergency; integrated care; long-term care facilities; organizational innovation; quality of care; telemedicine

Date Created: 20240407 Date Completed: 20240529 Latest Revision: 20240529

20240530

10.1016/j.jamda.2024.02.014

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