TY - JOUR T1 - Supportive care model could be used to inform interventions and service development to improve quality of care for older people JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2017-102612 SP - ebnurs-2017-102612 AU - Jayne Brown AU - Simon Conroy Y1 - 2017/03/03 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/03/eb-2017-102612.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Nicholson C, Morrow EM, Hicks A, et al. Supportive care for older people with frailty in hospital: an integrative review. Int J Nurs Stud 2016;66:60–71.The model presented joins together theory and evidence of supportive care to inform interventions and service development for older people with frailty in hospital.The model suggests a framework for evaluation of such interventions and services for managers and researchers.This paper highlights that future research is needed in relation to assessment of needs; the impact of supportive care on patient outcomes; patient, carer and family experiences of care; and the financial costs associated with supportive care.Frailty is a distinctive late-life health state in which apparently minor stressors are associated with adverse health outcomes. Growing numbers of frail older people are being referred to hospitals with acute care needs;1 potentially … ER -