ArticlePatient education and counseling2020
"Hopes and wishes": Goals of high-need, high-cost older patients and their caregivers.
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- The extent and improvement of patient complexity in referrals to hospital family physicians from community healthcare-related centers in Japan: a retrospective cohort study.Family practice · 2025Article
- Personal legacy and treatment choices for serious illness: a scoping review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2024Article
- Goal Setting for Aging Adults and Care Partners: A Scoping Review.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Regaining Autonomy in a Holding Environment: Patients' Perspectives on the Existential Communication with Physicians When Suffering from a Severe, Chronic Illness: A Qualitative Nordic Study.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
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objectiveIntegration of patient-identified goals is a critical element of shared decision-making and patient-provider communication. There is limited information on the goals of patients with multiple medical conditions and high healthcare utilization. We aimed to identify and categorize the goals described by "high-need, high-cost" (HNHC) older patients and their caregivers.
methodsUsing conventional content analysis, we used data from interviews conducted with 17 HNHC older patients (mean age 72.5 years) and 4 caregivers.
resultsHNHC older patients and their caregivers used language such as "hopes, wishes, and wants" to describe their goals, which fell into eight categories: alleviating discomfort, having autonomy and control, decreasing treatment burden, maintaining physical functioning and engagement, leaving a legacy, extending life, having satisfying and effective relationships, and experiencing security.
conclusionOur results contribute to knowledge of goals of HNHC patients and provides guidance for improving the patient-provider relationship and communication between HNHC older patients and their healthcare providers. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Our findings can inform provider efforts to assess patient goals and engage high-need, high-cost older patients in shared decision-making. Further, this study contributes to an improved understanding of HNHC older patients to support continued development of effective care models for this population.
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