Joining up care around the individual – lessons from Vancouver Available to Purchase

– The purpose of this paper is to describe lessons learned from a homecare practice for frail elderly people.

– It is strictly a description of a point of view in respect of care of frailty designed to avoid institution.

– Generally, frail elderly patients choose care focused on comfort and function as opposed to the traditional systematic healthcare goals of rescue and prevention. This choice should be respected.

– There are no formal research findings.

– Cost-saving as well as improvement in care is possible through team-based relationship-oriented homecare of the frail elderly where that care emphasizes comfort and function.

– This paper is authored by Dr John Sloan and is entirely original.