Jornal Internacional de Saúde Pública e Segurança

Health Professionals Attitudes on Engaging Multimorbidity Patient Families and Caregivers as Partners in Chronic Health Care

Abstract

Andi Masyitha Irwan*

Multimorbidity, the occurrence of two or more chronic health disorders, is thought to affect about one-fourth of the Australian population with older age groups having a higher prevalence. People with multimorbidity (PwM) frequently have extremely complex healthcare needs, are more prone to experience depression and depend more frequently on unpaid family caregivers to help them manage their diseases. PwM and their family caregivers (hereinafter referred to as caregivers) report facing particular difficulties, such as juggling a variety of (and frequently disjointed) healthcare services and practitioners, difficulty communicating with health professionals (HPs) to obtain crucial medical information, managing multiple medications, and uncertainty about potential interactions between symptoms and treatments. While there has been an increased emphasis on better.