Access to care of frail community-dwelling older adults in Belgium: a qualitative study

Abstract Aim This paper aims to identify barriers that frail community-dwelling older adults experience regarding access to formal care and support services. Background Universal access to healthcare has been set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a main goal for the post-2015 development agenda. Nevertheless, regarding access to care, particular attention has to be paid to the so-called vulnerable groups, such as (frail) older adults. Methods Both inductive and deductive content analyses were performed on 22 individual interviews with frail, community-dwelling older adults who indicate... Mehr ...