| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 護理學研究所 === 99 === This article describes a research in the present situation of integrated geriatric medicine clinics. The contents include the survey and analysis of the present service situation in the north Taiwan hospitals with integrated geriatric medicine clinics. The review of setting procedures, working properties, treating conditions, servicing items and diagnosing ways in the integrated geriatric medicine clinics are for analysis. And the qualitative research is used to understand the difficulty in implementation of integrated geriatric medicine clinics by nonparticipant observation and interviews with interdisciplinary team members. From the present analysis, understanding the situation of integrated geriatric medicine clinics and practicability in the interdisciplinary team. Although the present situation of integrated geriatric medicine clinics could be “A revolution has not succeeded yet and still keeps going today.” We believe the Government, hospitals, team members and people’s cooperation could turn the tables and creat more advantage to help integrated geriatric medicine clinics development. According the result of interviews and observation, integrated geriatric medicine clinics could economize medical expenses, save traffic time to hospital、more convinient for interdisciplinary clinics, erase and avoid the danger of medical repeat, the more important is geiatric patients could get the collective service of interdisciplinary teams. No matter the members is with geriatric team or non- geriatric team，the principal consideration will center around geriatric patients. With communication, help and positive attitude with each other to solve problems, these could bring geriatric patients and families the most benefit. The geriatric medicine and nursing are very important today. For geriatric’s different needs, various nursing models required, more interdisciplinary specialists’ close cooperation will be needed for sustainable development.
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