Geriatric Disorders
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary objective of this study is to develop a typology of patients referred to the Geriatric Multidisciplinary Meeting (GMM) according to their demographic and clinical profile. The secondary objectives are: * To distinguish the different types of answers given by the GMM according to the demands and situations. * To study the factors associated with the orientation proposed by the GMM * To examine the adequacy between the orientation proposed by the GMM and the pathway actually taken * To compare the diagnoses made during the following year with the data collected during the GMM
Detailed description
Increasing attention is paid to care pathways for elderly according to the principle of good care applied to the right patient at the right time and in the most appropriate care structure. Since 2007, the geriatric mobile team (GMT) of the Angers University Hospital has formalized a geriatric multidisciplinary meeting (GMM) in connection with the geriatric network and branch of the geographical sector, in order to optimize the provision of care for elderly patients at the territorial level. The weekly GMM brings together physicians from the geriatric department (GMT, acute care unit), memory center, long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, cognitive behavioral unit, psychiatry, retirement home, the local geriatric network of the city of Angers, the local information and coordination center, the home for autonomy and integration of Alzheimer patients (MAIA) and specialized Alzheimer (ESA) teams. Requests come either University Hospital services or from outside, via a standardized form. If necessary, additional data collection is carried out before the meeting by telephone with the patient, his family or the general practitioner. A letter explaining the decision of the GMM is sent to the applicant physician and to the general practitioner and recorded in the patient file. Collegial guidance decisions within the health care system seem to follow implicit rules. Given the growing number of files presented, the investigators want to theorize the adopted mode of reflection.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Angers
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
64 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All the files discussed in GMM in the year 2015 following a request for geriatric care addressed to the Geriatrics department of the UH
Exclusion criteria
* No one
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The demographic characteristics and medico-social data provided by the physician and the family at the time of the consultation request | baseline | The demographic characteristics are age, sex, marital status, place of life, career, presence of un/formal assistance, … |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The answer given by the GMM | baseline | This outcome is assessed by the guidance proposal issued by GMM |
| The orientation proposed by the GMM | baseline | The recommendations made by GMM |
| The adequacy between the orientation proposed by the GMM and the pathway actually taken : back in the previous structure, hospitalization, reorientation, entry to a nursing home, other : | baseline and during the following year | The course of care carried out at the Angers UH after the GMM |
| The diagnoses made during the following year with the data collected during the GMM : Alzheimer's disease, mixed dementia, body lewy, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, other | baseline and during the following year | Diagnoses carried out at the Angers UH after the GMM |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed