#integratedcare — Public Fediverse posts

"Maintaining a conceptual divide btw addictions and other psychiatric disorders reinforces diagnostic “tunnel vision,” constraining our understanding of neuropsychopathology and contributing to persistent gaps in care and treatment accessibility."
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/irish-journal-of-psychological-medicine/article/addiction-is-a-mental-disorder-within-the-mental-health-spectrum-and-it-matters/8EDA704DF6C14361147C87FB83EEABFD

#SubstanceUse

Researching #IntegratedCare, especially for people w #multimorbidity, shows that silos do not start at the psychological vs. physiological, but already within those categories.

#MentalIllness #HealthServices

The conceptualisation and measurement of social #frailty in older people: an umbrella review

#Geriatrics #Social #SocialSciences #Aging #Ageing #Care #IntegratedCare

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2260134125000696?via%3Dihub

Improving the #care pathway for people living with #HIV aged 70 years and older: the impact of geriatric screening in an infectious diseases unit (AUTO-HIV 70)

#Frailty #Health #InfectiousDisease #IntegratedCare #Prevention

https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-025-06388-5

Just seen another paper published on oral #frailty . I am wondering when we will get to a "feet frailty", a "digestive frailty", or a "friendship frailty"... 😆

This is nonsense to me.

Geriatric medicine should avoid constructs that, rather than providing a person-centred approach, promote a partial/fragmented evaluation of the individual.

#CGA #Geriatrics #FragmentationOfCare #IntegratedCare #MedMastodon #Research #Medicine

Suggested reading👇
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=27676177

Moving Beyond Symptoms: The Science of Mental Health Foundations

#MentalHealth #Neuroscience #Psychology #PFactor #GFactor #Schemas #MentalHealthResearch #PersonalizedMedicine #SchemaTherapy #BrainScience #MentalWellbeing #IntegratedCare

https://youtube.com/shorts/aNuPCXbVOu8?feature=share

Heart disease, diabetes, arthritis — when the body breaks down, so can the mind. New study links chronic illness to depression risk. #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #IntegratedCare

https://geekoo.news/when-the-body-aches-the-mind-suffers-too/

Supporting countries to ensure the continuum of integrated care for older people

"...importance of delivering personalised, comprehensive, coordinated #care to older people, supporting a shift from traditional disease-oriented approach towards more holistic care..."

"...ICOPE is consistent with and based on the large body of evidence built by geriatricians over the past decades..."

#Health #Geriatrics #PrimaryCare #Ageing #Aging #IntegratedCare #PublicHealth

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-025-02970-4

When #geriatricians explain that the person with #Alzheimer disease and his #caregiver represent one single entity to #care...

#AD #Health #Neurology #Medicine #Hackman #Geriatrics #Frailty #Social #IntegratedCare #MedMastodon

https://apnews.com/article/gene-hackman-death-betsy-arakawa-investigation-c94b2cb4d5d7aec9a1a39a81b46dbdf9

Integrated #care for older people (ICOPE)‎: guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care, 2nd edition

#ICOPE aims to reorient #health and #social services towards person-centred and coordinated care. It supports the delivery of integrated care for older people within the context of a PHC-oriented #health system

#Geriatrics #Aging #Ageing #Frailty #IntegratedCare #WHO #MedMastodon

Available here👇
https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/380175

Implementing the WHO ICOPE program in clinical practice: three years of lessons from monitoring 27,082 participants using the #ICOPE Monitor digital tool

Critical role of #health and #care workers in the implementation of an #IntegratedCare program based on comprehensive assessment of the older person and multidisciplinary approach towards personalisation of interventions

#Geriatrics #Health #Aging #Ageing

https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/gerona/glae278/7902188?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Inequalities in Transitions to Home #Care: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on #Aging

"...Disparities in transitions to home care use by sex, gender, race, education, income, and #social support. [...] Home care planning and #policy must address the unique barriers and disadvantages diverse populations face to ensure equitable use of home care and promote #HealthyAging..."

#Geriatrics #Health #Ageing #IntegratedCare #LongTermCare #LTC

https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(24)00729-1/fulltext

Gaps in the coordination of #care for people living with #dementia (PLWD)

The majority of PLWD experiences a problem in the coordination of care. In many cases, poor coordination can result in an adverse event

#IntegratedCare #Geriatrics #Aging #Health

https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgs.19105?campaign=wolearlyview

The Integrated Care for Older People (#ICOPE) training material (draft for in-field testing) is available here 👇
https://www.who.int/tools/icope-training-programme

Please share the link and support the improvement of #care for healthy #ageing!

#Geriatrics #Health #PrimaryCare #Aging #WHO #IntegratedCare

Great sessions at the 12th Congrès Francophone #Fragilité du Sujet Âgée !

Always a pleasure to be back in #Toulouse and meet with friends and colleagues!

#Frailty #Geriatrics #IntegratedCare #Care

The impact of geriatric syndromes on quality of #life among older people living with #HIV in Kampala, Uganda

"...As PLWH live longer, there is a need to incorporate the screening and management of geriatric syndromes into routine HIV #care, given their impact on #QoL..."

#Geriatrics #Aging #IntegratedCare #Health #MedMastodon

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1306151

“Follow‐up in a few days”: Limitations to primary #care access among older adults following #Emergency Department discharge

"...only one in four older adults discharged from the ED obtained primary care provider follow-up within 4 days..."

#Geriatrics #IntegratedCare #LongTermCare #MedMastodon #PrimaryHealthCare #Health

https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.18791?campaign=wolearlyview

Bridging #Hospital and Nursing Home: Collaboration for Smoother Transitions and Reduced Hospitalizations

Great collaborative model to integrate services for the most vulnerable older persons, providing the necessary continuum of #care

#IntegratedCare #Health #Geriatrics #NursingHome #LongTermCare

https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(23)01057-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Continuity of #care should be “essential requirement” in #GP contract, says watchdog

"...The GP contract should be modified to explicitly include and support the need for GP practices to deliver continuity of care, an independent #safety watchdog has recommended..."

#Aging #IntegratedCare #Health #PrimaryHealth

https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2839?utm_source=etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tbmj&utm_content=weekly&utm_term=20231211&utm_campaign=This%20week%20in%20The%20BMJ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=adestra

End of the Clinical Consortium on #HealthyAgeing at the #WHO Headquarters in Geneva. Two-and-a-half days of exchanges within a multistakeholder group on how to improve #care for older persons.

Discussions on #IntegratedCare, Person-centered #care, #Community engagement, Musculoskeletal #health, Ageing with #HIV, #Multimorbidity, #LongTermCare, Low resource settings, #Research, #Training...

#ICOPE #CCHA

End of the #IntegratedCare for Older People (#ICOPE) Training of Trainers programme in #Kuwait.

Great work of the multidisciplinary group of trainees in the adaptation of the model to the local context, bridging #health and social #care.

#Ageing #WHO #Geriatrics #PrimaryHealth

Impact on physical function of the +AGIL Barcelona program in community-dwelling older adults with #cognitive impairment: an interventional cohort study

"...a multicomponent intervention can be delivered in older adults with cognitive impairment and be as effective as it is for cognitively intact older adults in terms of #physicalfunction..."

#Geriatrics #Frailty #IntegratedCare #Dementia

https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-023-04292-4

Sustained improvement of intrinsic capacity in community-dwelling older adults: The +AGIL Barcelona multidomain program.

"...A coordinated, multidisciplinary and integrated program can benefit older adults’ intrinsic capacity..."

#IntegratedCare #Care #Geriatrics #Prevention #ICOPE #Health

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.13710

Essential steps in primary #care management of older people with Type 2 #diabetes: an executive summary on behalf of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) and the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People (EDWPOP) collaboration.

"...Rather than focusing on numerical targets for glycaemic control, this guide proposes an #integrative approach with regular updates of the care plan..."

#Geriatrics #PrimaryCare #Health #Prevention #IntegratedCare

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-023-02519-3?utm_source=toc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_40520_35_11&utm_content=etoc_springer_20231107

Back in Geneva after the two-day workshop in Qatar to promote #care for healthy #ageing.

Discussions on #LongTermCare and #IntegratedCare for older persons. Fascinating visit at the #ICOPE clinic of the Al Wajba Health Center in Doha.

#ICOPE #WHO #Care #Geriatrics #Health #PrimaryHealthCare

Heading to #Qatar for an Eastern Mediterranean Region workshop on Integrated #Care for older persons and long-term care

#WHO #IntegratedCare #LongTermCare #LTC #ICOPE #Aging #Ageing #HealthyAgeing #Geriatrics #PublicHealth

End of the #ICOPE Training of Trainers at the #Mauritius. Three intensive days of discussion on #IntegratedCare for older persons, adaptation to the local context, and capacity building. Critical steps to promote Healthy #Ageing

#Health #Aging #Care

Arrived today in Port Louis to conduct the Training of Trainers programme to adapt, implement, and disseminate #ICOPE in #Mauritius.

#IntegratedCare #Ageing #Aging #Health #PublicHealth #PrimaryCare #WHO

WHO Fact Sheet on Low Back Pain (LBP)

LBP is the single leading cause of disability worldwide and the condition for which a significant number of people may benefit from rehabilitation.

#Pain #Care #IntegratedCare #Rehabilitation

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/low-back-pain

Thrilled to announce that I matched at @HealthPointCHC in the Seattle metro area for my #APPIC internship year!!

Looking forward to learning and training in integrated primary care and the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model! #IntegratedCare