PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mina Gaga
AU  - Pippa Powell
AU  - Marta Almagro
AU  - Ioanna Tsiligianni
AU  - Stelios Loukides
AU  - Josep Roca
AU  - Matthew Cullen
AU  - Anita K. Simonds
AU  - Brian Ward
AU  - Isabel Saraiva
AU  - Thierry Troosters
AU  - Carlos Robalo Cordeiro
TI  - ERS Presidential Summit 2018: multimorbidities and the ageing population
AID  - 10.1183/23120541.00126-2019
DP  - 2019 Jul 01
TA  - ERJ Open Research
PG  - 00126-2019
VI  - 5
IP  - 3
4099  - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/3/00126-2019.short
4100  - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/3/00126-2019.full
SO  - erjor2019 Jul 01; 5
AB  - As the average age of the population increases, so will the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases and associated multimorbidity. This will result in a more complex clinical environment. Part of the solution will be to allow patients to be co-creators in the design of their care. It will also require clinicians to shift in their current approaches to care, step out of the disease- or pathology-oriented approach and embrace new ideas. In an effort to prepare the respiratory community for the challenge, we reflect on concepts to empower patients via multidisciplinary systems, new technologies and transition from end-of-life care to advanced care planning.Increasing life expectancy will lead to the need for better respiratory and multimorbid care http://bit.ly/2KgLvGu