Author(s)

Tamer Mohamed Farid^1*, Amal Mohamad Saleh Abdulrahim Al Jaziri¹, Soha Abdelziz Abdelal¹, Anood Jamal Alshaali¹, Manal Mohammad Omran Taryam², Nahed Abdul Khaleq Monsef³, Afaf Abdullatif Al Hashemi⁴, Hamidah Saleh Al Shaibany⁴

¹Elderly Care Unit, Health Affairs Department, Primary Health Care Services Sector, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE.
²Primary Health Care Services Sector, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE.
³Health Affairs Department, Primary Health Care Services Sector, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE.
⁴Health Centres Department, Primary Health Care Services Sector, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE.

Primary Health Care Services Sector (PHCSS) of Dubai Health Authority (DHA) provides many services dedicated to seniors. However, there have been no studies to date that consulted the seniors themselves regarding these services. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the age-friendliness of outpatient clinic’s services provided in PHCSS from perspective of elderly service recipients. Methods: Three focus groups were designed. The focus groups included receivers of care (senior patients and caregivers for senior patients) and healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, administrators and medical record officers). The discussed topics in the focus groups were based on WHO’s recommended three domains of improvement for an age-friendly Primary Health Care (PHC): Information, education and training, community-based health care management systems, and the physical environment.

Focus Group, Dubai, Elderly, Primary Healthcare, Age-Friendly, WHO

Farid, T. , Jaziri, A. , Abdelal, S. , Alshaali, A. , Taryam, M. , Monsef, N. , Hashemi, A. and Shaibany, H. (2018) Perspective of Elderly on Age-Friendliness of Services Provided in Primary Healthcare Centers of Dubai Health Authority: Focus Groups Discussions. Advances in Aging Research, 7, 132-144. doi: 10.4236/aar.2018.76011.