[Special care requirements of elderly and old people: as reflected in the new Council of Experts Report].

Abstract:

:This contribution refers to the 2009 Council of Experts Report on health system development and discusses the special care requirements of old people. This includes the geriatric phenomenon of multimorbidity, polypharmacy in old people with multiple diseases, and the need for care. The probability and complexity of multiple diseases increase with age. About half the German citizens who are over 65 have three or more relevant chronic diseases. Multimorbity often causes elderly people to concomitantly consume many different pharmaceuticals. Twenty percent of the insurance holders aged 70-99 who were prescribed drugs in 2005 received 13 or more pharmaceutical agents. However, multimorbidity also has a negative effect on the quality of life, subjective state of health and physical functioning. As a result, particularly people over 80 will eventually need help and care. At present, 2.13 million German citizens are considered to be in need of care in terms of Social Code Book XI. The Council of Experts predicts that the number will increase to 4.35 million by 2050. Finally, the discussion also focuses on the steps health policy makers must take to cope with these requirements. Apart from expanding prevention, these include improving the quality of outpatient treatment and care, upgrading case and care management, and modernizing institutional care.

journal_name

Z Gerontol Geriatr

authors

Kuhlmey A

doi

10.1007/s00391-009-0072-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-12-01 00:00:00

pages

425-31

issue

6

eissn

0948-6704

issn

1435-1269

journal_volume

42

pub_type

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