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.

Time

Level 5

Awareness of the influence of time across
the care system

What does this involve?

  • Awareness of the influence of relationships over time
  • Awareness of the influence of unpredictability of living and dying with frailty
  • Awareness of the influence of unreliable prognostication indicators