Open AccessCollaboration and guidelines for the coordination of health care for frail older persons with intellectual disability: A national survey of nurses working in municipal care
Author(s) -
Ahlström Gerd,
Hansson JanÅke,
Kristensson Jimmie,
Runesson Ingrid,
Persson Magnus,
Bökberg Christina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.753
Subject(s) - nursing , intellectual disability , psychological intervention , perception , health care , disabled people , medicine , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , neuroscience , cerebral palsy , economics , economic growth
Aims To describe and compare perceptions of collaboration between care providers on the part of three groups of Registered Nurses working in municipal care and having particular responsibility concerning the care of frail older people with intellectual disability (ID); and, furthermore, to investigate the presence of and compliance with guidelines for the coordination of care. Design National survey study with cross‐sectional design. Methods Nurses ( N = 110) with key positions concerning people with ID answered a national questionnaire about collaboration, guidelines and coordinated individual plans. Descriptive and comparative statistical analyses were applied. Results The meetings on cooperation and coordination of interventions were attended most frequently by nurses, and least frequently by social workers. The nurses were overall satisfied with the collaboration but perceived shortcomings in the case of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care. Only in about half of the meetings for making care plans participated the people with intellectual disability and next of kin.