Organizational and Policy Challenges and Priorities for Integrating Family Care Partners Into the Healthcare Team

Family care partners are significantly involved in healthcare tasks in order to support adult relatives. Yet, unlike pediatric models of care where caregivers of children are formally integrated into healthcare teams, care partners of adults are rarely engaged in a formal, structured, or consistent...

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Published inAdvances in health care management Vol. 22
Main Author Raj, Minakshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 07.02.2024
Subjects
Adult
Caregivers
Child
Health Facilities
Humans
Organizations
Patient Care Team
Policy
trust
team-based care
technology
Family caregivers
policy
quality
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Summary:Family care partners are significantly involved in healthcare tasks in order to support adult relatives. Yet, unlike pediatric models of care where caregivers of children are formally integrated into healthcare teams, care partners of adults are rarely engaged in a formal, structured, or consistent manner. Their inclusion in the healthcare team is critical to their capacity to continue supporting their relative. A meaningful dialogue between policy and healthcare management is required to identify feasible and effective ways of engaging family care partners in healthcare teams.
ISSN:1474-8231
DOI:10.1108/S1474-823120240000022011