Manon Lette
Manon Lette is in the final stages of her PhD track at the Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centres – VU University, and the centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services research, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. Her research focuses on integrated health and social care for older people living at home. She currently works for a cooperative association of health and social care providers (SIGRA) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where she supports cross-domain collaboration in care and support for older people.
Living safely at home during old age – expanding the health care paradigm
Many people live independently at home well into old age. As they age, they may experience a range of limitations that result in chronic care needs. Integrated approaches to primary and community care are increasingly being implemented as a way to better address these long-term and often complex needs. In this blog post, the author of a recent scoping review in BMC Geriatrics discusses the benefits of and challenges of of integrated care and the safety considerations important to older adults.
Integrated care is characterized by a proactive and person-centered approach to care, which is seamlessly coordinated across multiple professional disciplines and care interfaces. Integrated care aims to improve outcomes such as functioning, quality of life, and quality of care. The organisation of integrated primary and community care is considered an essential step towards supporting older people to age in place.
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