Home care programs for the treatment of frail elderly have been developed in many countries around the world. In the Silver Network project all services are provided in an integrated fashion by one "single entry" center, differently from the traditional fee-for-service or not integrated systems. The delivery of health and social services for frail elderly individuals are integrated and coordinated by a case manager who uses a "second generation" assessment instrument, the Minimum Data Set for Home Care (MDS-HC). We describe the principal clinical and functional characteristics of nearly 1300 patients admitted between 1997 and 1998 to such an integrated home care program in eleven Italian Health Agencies. The database, derived from the seria...
Background Frail older people living with long-term conditions present a complex and long-term need ...
Background: In Italy, there currently is a lack of reliable and consistent data on home palliative c...
Aim of the study – to explore the need and provision of integrated health and social home care servi...
Objectives: The U.L.I.S.S.E. study is aimed at describing older patients who are cared for in hospit...
Objectives: The U.L.I.S.S.E. study is aimed at describing older patients who are cared for in hospit...
PURPOSE: To propose an integration index of home care delivery to older persons, to study its validi...
This controlled study evaluated various outcomes in a group of 127 chronically ill and frail elderly...
The home has always been the place for care for older patients. Medical technology was first develop...
Optimal care for frail elderly patients depends on comprehensive assessment. This is especially true...
Introduction. The U.L.I.S.S.E. study is an observational multicenter prospective 1-year study aimed ...
<b>Purpose:</b> To propose an integration index of home care delivery to older persons, to study its...
Purpose: To propose an integration index of home care delivery to older persons, to study its validi...
he U.L.I.S.S.E. study is aimed at describing older patients who are cared for in hospitals, home car...
Background Frail older people living with long-term conditions present a complex and long-term need ...
Background: In Italy, there currently is a lack of reliable and consistent data on home palliative c...
Aim of the study – to explore the need and provision of integrated health and social home care servi...
Objectives: The U.L.I.S.S.E. study is aimed at describing older patients who are cared for in hospit...
Objectives: The U.L.I.S.S.E. study is aimed at describing older patients who are cared for in hospit...
PURPOSE: To propose an integration index of home care delivery to older persons, to study its validi...
This controlled study evaluated various outcomes in a group of 127 chronically ill and frail elderly...
The home has always been the place for care for older patients. Medical technology was first develop...
Optimal care for frail elderly patients depends on comprehensive assessment. This is especially true...
Introduction. The U.L.I.S.S.E. study is an observational multicenter prospective 1-year study aimed ...
<b>Purpose:</b> To propose an integration index of home care delivery to older persons, to study its...
Purpose: To propose an integration index of home care delivery to older persons, to study its validi...
he U.L.I.S.S.E. study is aimed at describing older patients who are cared for in hospitals, home car...
Background Frail older people living with long-term conditions present a complex and long-term need ...
Background: In Italy, there currently is a lack of reliable and consistent data on home palliative c...
Aim of the study – to explore the need and provision of integrated health and social home care servi...