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Table 1 Summary of participants’ characteristics

From: Geriatric assessment in Belgian nursing homes: qualitative insights

  

Number of women

Age range (years)

Experience (years)

Experience in the care of nursing home residents (years)

Speciality

Initial in the text

Working in hospital (N = 9)

Doctors (N = 4)

2

34–53

9–28

6–25

Emergency physicians: 2 Geriatricians: 2

EP

Ger

Nurse (N = 3)

3

43–54

20–33

7–19

Day hospital: 2

Internal geriatric mobile team: 1

Nurse_H

Pharmacist (N = 1)

1

39

16

12

Clinical pharmacist

Phar

Director (N = 1)

1

38

15

5

Executive Director: 1

E_Dir_NH

Working in NH (n = 11)

General practitioner (N = 5)

2

33–72

8–44

8–44

General practitioner: 3

GP coordinators: 2

GP

Coord_GP

Nurse (N = 3)

2

42–59

13–23

7–19

NH coordinators: 1

NH nurses: 2

Nurse_C_NH

Nurse_NH

Director (N = 3)

2

41–50

18–29

2–20

Director: 3

Dir_NH

  1. GP general practitioner, NH nursing home
  2. The executive director coordinates the strategic and operational management in the four NHs
  3. The GP coordinator in NH organizes multidisciplinary consultation, implements care policies in the NH and participates in the organisation of continuing education within the NH