Article ; Online: COVID-19 outbreak: organisation of a geriatric assessment and coordination unit. A French example.
2020 Volume 49, Issue 4, Page(s) 516–522
Abstract: ... social and hospital actors through a dedicated centralised unit for evaluation, geriatric coordination ... of the territorial network, and the creation of a specific COVID geriatric palliative care service. This organisation ... Older people are particularly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak because of their vulnerability ...
| Abstract | Older people are particularly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak because of their vulnerability as well as the complexity of health organisations, particularly in the often-compartmentalised interactions between community, hospital and nursing home actors. In this endemic situation, with massive flows of patients requiring holistic management including specific and intensive care, the appropriate assessment of each patient's level of care and the organisation of specific networks is essential. To that end, we propose here a territorial organisation of health care, favouring communication between all actors. This organisation of care is based on three key points: To use the basis of territorial organisation of health by facilitating the link between hospital settings and geriatric sectors at the regional level.To connect private, medico-social and hospital actors through a dedicated centralised unit for evaluation, geriatric coordination of care and decision support. A geriatrician coordinates this multidisciplinary unit. It includes an emergency room doctor, a supervisor from the medical regulation centre (Centre 15), an infectious disease physician, a medical hygienist and a palliative care specialist.To organise an ad hoc follow-up channel, including the necessary resources for the different levels of care required, according to the resources of the territorial network, and the creation of a specific COVID geriatric palliative care service. This organisation meets the urgent health needs of all stakeholders, facilitating its deployment and allows the sustainable implementation of a coordinated geriatric management dynamic between the stakeholders on the territory. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Aged ; Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification ; COVID-19 ; Community Networks/organization & administration ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; France/epidemiology ; Geriatric Assessment/methods ; Health Care Rationing/trends ; Health Services for the Aged/ethics ; Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration ; Health Services for the Aged/trends ; Humans ; Organizational Innovation ; Palliative Care/methods ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Patient Care Management/ethics ; Patient Care Management/organization & administration ; Patient Care Management/trends ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; Regional Medical Programs/organization & administration ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Semantic Web ; Stakeholder Participation |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-07-21 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 186788-x |
| ISSN | 1468-2834 ; 0002-0729 |
| ISSN (online) | 1468-2834 |
| ISSN | 0002-0729 |
| DOI | 10.1093/ageing/afaa092 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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