Clinical Practice Guideline: Health Maintenance

Standard published guidelines for preventive care may be inappropriate when applied to populations such as the frail institutionalized elderly. Implementation of appropriate, individualized preventive care measures may represent an opportunity to improve longevity or quality of life for frail elders. This clinical practice guideline focuses on primary prevention, to the extent that it is feasible and beneficial in the frail elderly long-term care population.

Outcomes that may be expected:

• More appropriate resource utilization
• A reduction in the number of patients who receive inappropriate procedures or care
• Facilitation of patient-centered care goals
• Better-informed families or advocates, with appropriate expectations about patients’ care goals

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