Examining the role of specialist palliative care in geriatric care to inform collaborations: A survey on the knowledge, practice and attitudes of Geriatricians in providing palliative care Runacres, F, Poon, P, King, S, Lustig, J and Ugalde, Anna 2021, Examining the role of specialist palliative care in geriatric care to inform collaborations: A survey on the knowledge, practice and attitudes of Geriatricians in providing palliative care, AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, vol. 40, pp. 33-33, doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab058. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Examining the role of specialist palliative care in geriatric care to inform collaborations: A survey on the knowledge, practice and attitudes of Geriatricians in providing palliative care Author(s) Runacres, F Poon, P King, S Lustig, J Ugalde, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-2473-8435 Journal name AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING Volume number 40 Start page 33 End page 33 Total pages 1 Publisher WILEY Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2021-04-09 ISSN 1440-6381 1741-6612 Keyword(s) Geriatrics & Gerontology Gerontology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology geriatric medicine health services knowledge older adults palliative care palliative medicine qualitative research survey Summary Background The global population is ageing, and rates of multimorbidity and chronic illness are rapidly rising. Given specialist palliative care has been shown to improve overall care and reduce health care costs, how best to provide this care to older people is internationally significant. Aim To examine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of geriatricians in providing palliative care and working with specialist palliative care services. We also aimed to capture self-reported barriers, confidence and satisfaction in providing palliative care. Design A prospective cross-sectional study surveying Australasian geriatricians was conducted. Setting/Participants This was a voluntary anonymous online survey, distributed to all full members of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine. Results A total of 168 completed responses were received; 58.3% were female and 36.6% had over 20 years of clinical experience. Most geriatricians (85%) reported caring for patients in their last 12 months of life represented a substantial aspect or most of their practice. Geriatricians overwhelmingly believed they should coordinate care (84%) and derived satisfaction from providing palliative care (95%). The majority (69%) believed all patients with advanced illness should receive concurrent specialist palliative care. Regarding knowledge, participants scored an average of 13.5 correct answers out of 18 in a Modified Palliative Care Knowledge Test. Conclusions Geriatricians find reward in providing generalist palliative care to their patients; however, potential exists for improved collaborations with specialist palliative care services. An evidence base for geriatric patients who benefit most from specialist palliative care services is needed to improve resourcing, collaborative practice and ultimately palliative care delivery. Language eng DOI 10.1093/ageing/afab058 Field of Research 11 Medical and Health Sciences 16 Studies in Human Society 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category CN Other journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30150389 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 27 Apr 2021, 12:25:11 EST Wed, 28 Apr 2021, 05:01:41 EST Wed, 28 Apr 2021, 08:21:17 EST Sat, 12 Jun 2021, 02:31:05 EST Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 06:03:54 EST Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 14:25:50 EST Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 14:27:32 EST Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 14:28:19 EST Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 08:00:44 EST Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 08:29:27 EST Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 14:30:20 EST Thu, 01 Jul 2021, 15:24:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 11 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 27 Apr 2021, 12:25:11 EST

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