Person-Centered Gerontological Nursing: An Overview Across Care Settings

• Published in: Journal of gerontological nursing Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 7 - 12
• Main Authors: Sillner, Andrea Yevchak, Madrigal, Caroline, Behrens, Liza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Slack, Inc 01.02.2021; SLACK INCORPORATED
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Care and treatment; Client-centered psychotherapy; Clinical decision making; Decision making; Delivery of Health Care; Elder care; Evaluation; Geriatric Nursing; Gerontology; Health aspects; Health care delivery; Home health care; Humans; Innovations; Inpatient care; Medical care; Medicare; Nurses; Nursing care; Nursing homes; Older people; Patient-Centered Care; Practice; Primary care; Quality management; Self Care; United States; United States
• ISSN: 0098-9134; 1938-243X
• DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20210107-02

Person-centered care (PCC) is the gold standard in care delivery for all people, including older adults. Key players, such as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, have highlighted PCC as a means to better meet people's needs and improve their quality of care. Nurses are often a person's primary point of contact throughout their care trajectory, thus essential in planning, coordinating, and delivering PCC. However, limited literature focuses on the application and evaluation of nursing-related PCC for older adults. The current article aims to provide a nursing-focused conceptual review of PCC for older adults across care settings. This review describes PCC from a gerontological nursing perspective and presents setting-specific approaches and person-centered nursing practice outcomes. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 47(2), 7-12.].