- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Geriatric Nutrition
- 3 Exercise, Frailty, and Functional Reserve: Concepts and Optimization
- 4 Preventive Geriatrics
- 5 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- 6 Manual and Movement Therapies
- 7 Energy Modalities and Aromatherapy
- 8 Naturopathic Medicine
- 9 Spirituality and Mind–Body Medicine in Geriatrics
- 10 Men’s Health
- 11 Women’s Health
- 12 Pain
- 13 Cardiovascular Disease
- 14 Endocrine Disorders: Integrative Treatments of Hypothyroidism, Diabetes, and Adrenal Dysfunction
- 15 Osteoporosis
- 16 The Healthy Gut in Older Adults
- 17 Common Geriatric Infections
- 18 Integrated Approaches to Treating Lung Diseases in the Geriatric Population
- 19 Integrative Geriatric Psychiatry
- 20 Neurodegenerative Diseases: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases
- 21 Integrative Oncology
- 22 Common Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
- 23 Falls
- 24 Skin, Vision, and Hearing
- 25 Functional Laboratory Studies
- 26 Primary Care for Homebound Patients
- 27 Person-Directed Health Care Across the Lifespan: The Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- 28 Long-Term Care/Residential Care
- 29 Interprofessional Team-Based Care
- 30 Bioethical Issues in Integrative Geriatrics
- 31 Integrative Palliative Care
- 32 Positive Aging
- Index
(p. 543) Interprofessional Team-Based Care
- Chapter:
- (p. 543) Interprofessional Team-Based Care
- Author(s):
Beverly Lunsford
and Terry A. Mikovich
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190466268.003.0029
As older adults live longer, they experience a concomitant increase in chronic illness, which may be associated with a more frequent need for health care and intermittent or progressive functional decline. There is an increased need for regular health care monitoring as well as treatment and coordination of care among multiple providers and across settings to prevent, delay, or minimize decline in health and quality of life. Interprofessional collaboration is critical for safe coordination of care, reduction of duplication in services, and cost containment. Health care professionals who serve older adults are developing new models of collaboration to provide more integrated and person-centered approaches to maintaining the quality of life for older adults, especially those with multiple chronic illnesses. These models include health-oriented teams, home and community-based services, Acute Care for Elders (ACE), home-based primary care, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), comprehensive geriatric assessment, and palliative care teams.
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- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Geriatric Nutrition
- 3 Exercise, Frailty, and Functional Reserve: Concepts and Optimization
- 4 Preventive Geriatrics
- 5 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- 6 Manual and Movement Therapies
- 7 Energy Modalities and Aromatherapy
- 8 Naturopathic Medicine
- 9 Spirituality and Mind–Body Medicine in Geriatrics
- 10 Men’s Health
- 11 Women’s Health
- 12 Pain
- 13 Cardiovascular Disease
- 14 Endocrine Disorders: Integrative Treatments of Hypothyroidism, Diabetes, and Adrenal Dysfunction
- 15 Osteoporosis
- 16 The Healthy Gut in Older Adults
- 17 Common Geriatric Infections
- 18 Integrated Approaches to Treating Lung Diseases in the Geriatric Population
- 19 Integrative Geriatric Psychiatry
- 20 Neurodegenerative Diseases: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases
- 21 Integrative Oncology
- 22 Common Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
- 23 Falls
- 24 Skin, Vision, and Hearing
- 25 Functional Laboratory Studies
- 26 Primary Care for Homebound Patients
- 27 Person-Directed Health Care Across the Lifespan: The Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- 28 Long-Term Care/Residential Care
- 29 Interprofessional Team-Based Care
- 30 Bioethical Issues in Integrative Geriatrics
- 31 Integrative Palliative Care
- 32 Positive Aging
- Index