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Table 2 Safety risks addressed in integrated care programs for older people living at home

From: Addressing safety risks in integrated care programs for older people living at home: a scoping review

 

Client functioning

Client behaviour

Social environment

Physical environment

Health and social care management

ABLE

Fall risk

Self-management

 

Obstacles and hazards in the home

 

CAPABLE

Fall risk, functional impairments, depressive symptoms

Self-management

 

Obstacles and hazards in the home

Polypharmacy, patient-provider communication

Guided Care

Fall risk, functional impairments

Self-management, dietary intake, substance abuse

Caregiver burden, elder abuse

 

Care continuity and transitions, access to care

Restorative Home Care

Functional impairments

Self-management

Caregiver burden

Obstacles and hazards in the home

Polypharmacy, care continuity and transitions

Carewell

Fall risk, functional impairments, cognitive impairments, depressive symptoms

Dietary intake

  

Polypharmacy, care continuity and transitions, over- and under treatment

Embrace

Functional impairments

Self-management

Caregiver burden

 

Polypharmacy

FIT

Fall risk, functional impairments, cognitive impairments, depressive symptoms

Medication management, dietary intake, substance abuse

Social isolation, caregiver burden, elder abuse

Obstacles and hazards in the home

Polypharmacy, care continuity and transitions

U-Profit

Fall risk, functional impairments, cognitive impairments, depressive symptoms

Dietary intake

Social isolation, caregiver burden

 

Polypharmacy

Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone

Fall risk, functional impairments

Self-management, medication management, dietary intake

Social isolation

Obstacles and hazards in the home

 

Home-Based Case Management

Fall risk, functional impairments

Medication management, dietary intake

Social isolation

Obstacles and hazards in the home

Polypharmacy, care continuity and transitions, access to care

SpitexPlus

Functional impairments, cognitive impairment

Dietary intake

Social isolation

 

Care continuity and transitions

  1. Abbreviations: ABLE Advancing Better Living for Elders, CAPABLE Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders, FIT Functioning in Transition
  2. Note: empty cells indicate that identified literature provided no indication of risks in these domains being addressed