5M of geriatric care
A holistic framework used in geriatric care: Mind, Mobility, Medication, Multicomplexity, Matters Most.
Advancing Frailty
Used to refer to older people whose frailty has progressed to a moderate or severe stage.
Compassionate communities
Defined as communities that actively work together to provide social, emotional and practical support.
Family
Defined as a wider social network around the older person. This can be close relatives, but also friends, neighbours and community connections.
Home
Defined as a space, not a place.
Interdependency
Defined as a state of interconnection with others, based on connectedness, mutuality and reciprocity.
Parallel planning
Defined as the possibility of multiple different outcomes.
Watchful waiting
Defined as an approach to care that engages assessment over time, but does not always require changes to intervention.
Care Management
The way care is managed and delivered across services and sectors influences how care is provided
- Working in Partnership: a mutual understanding of expectations and assumptions of services
- Professionals sharing responsibilities for the partnership
- Using a common language approach
- Routine multidisciplinary meetings
- Face-to-face communication with other providers
- Co-location of services
- Use of liaison roles
- Access to professional training and education across the system
- Access to coordination hubs to support communication and navigation
- Building the evidence base on innovative practice