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de Stampa, Matthieu; Vedel, Isabelle; Bergman, Howard; Novella, Jean-Luc; Lechowski, Laurent; Ankri, Joel; Lapointe, Liette – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand better the clinical collaboration process among primary care physicians (PCPs), case managers (CMs), and geriatricians in integrated models of care. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study with semistructured interviews. A purposive sample of 35 PCPs, 7 CMs, and 4 geriatricians was selected in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship, Teamwork, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Davis, Melinda M.; Bond, Lynne A.; Howard, Alan; Sarkisian, Catherine A. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: Expectations regarding aging (ERA) in community-dwelling older adults are associated with personal health behaviors and health resource usage. Clinicians' age expectations likely influence patients' expectations and care delivery patterns; yet, limited research has explored clinicians' age expectations. The Expectations Regarding Aging…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physicians, Health Behavior, Older Adults
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Fortinsky, Richard H.; Zlateva, Ianita; Delaney, Colleen; Kleppinger, Alison – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: This article explores primary care physicians' (PCPs) self-reported approaches and barriers to management of patients with dementia, with a focus on comparisons in dementia care practices between PCPs in 2 states. Design and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were mailed to 600 randomly selected licensed PCPs in…
Descriptors: Physicians, Alzheimers Disease, Identification, Patients
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Adams, Wendy L.; McIlvain, Helen E.; Geske, Jenenne A.; Porter, Judy L. – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: This study aims to develop ah in-depth understanding of the issues important to primary care physicians in providing care to cognitively impaired elders. Design and Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 primary care physicians. Text coded as "cognitive impairment" was retrieved and analyzed by use of grounded theory analysis…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Patients, Physicians, Quality of Life