Improving health and care systems for older people with frailty
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Developing responsive health and care systems to improve the implementation of person-centred integrated care for older people with frailty.
IRAS ID
321605
Contact name
S. A. Alugsi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bournemouth University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 30 days
Research summary
The world population is ageing, and as frailty increases with advancing age, this will have implications for provision of clinical care and public health and national budgets. Older people with frailty often have changing care and support needs but often these needs are not addressed satisfactorily. A dynamic approach to addressing their care and support needs through person-centred integrated care is a better alternative, but how services can be delivered in a more responsive way to meet their needs is not well investigated. It is thus imperative that this subject is explored further. The aim of this study is to explore the factors shaping health and care system responsiveness and the implementation of person-centred integrated care for older people with frailty. This is to be achieved in three parts.
Firstly, to summarise previous qualitative studies on service user, carer and provider perspectives of health system factors enabling and hindering the implementation of integrated care for older people with complex needs.
Secondly,to examine through observations and interviews the experiences, expectations and encounters of older people with frailty, their family carers and service providers with the health and care system over time, and the contexts enabling and hindering the implementation of responsive person-centred integrated care.
The final aim is to co-design (with multi-stakeholders) a set of recommendations to improve health and care system responsiveness and the implementation of person-centred integrated care for older people with frailty, for future evaluation more widely in integrated care systems. The benefits of the study will include influencing health care policy, generation of practice recommendations and evidence that could improve the delivery of integrated care services that can better respond to the changing care and support needs of older people with frailty.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/WM/0199
Date of REC Opinion
27 Sep 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion