Integrated Care for Frail Older People

King's College London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frail Elderly Syndrome

Treatments: Other: No intervention given. This is a qualitative interview study

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03260933

IRAS Project ID: 226031

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a qualitative interview study investigating patients', carers' and providers' perspectives on integrated care and integrated care pathways for frail older people in Lambeth and Southwark, south London.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Frail older people aged 65 years and over, including men and women with different levels of frailty.
2. Carers (family member, friend or neighbor) identified by the frail older participant as a main carer.
3. Health and social care professionals, care workers, service managers and commissioners working in different parts of the local health and care system (primary, secondary, community, social and voluntary care), reflecting a range of roles.

Exclusion criteria

1. Older people not identified as frail.
2. Frail older people who are unable to provide their informed consent to take part in the study, for example due to significant cognitive impairment.