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In 2015, the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) established a geriatric emergency medicine special interest group, recognizing that older people are the fastest growing demographic population in the majority of countries, both developing and developed. The group was tasked with developing and promoting geriatric emergency medicine, including the establishment of a brief statement outlining minimum standards of care for older people in emergency departments (EDs) around the world. These minimum standards represent a first step on which future activities can be built. IFEM recognizes that, although these standards are global, the local solutions will be unique because they are dependent upon local, national, and regional factors. This statement applies to older people, a group who cannot be defined by age alone, but instead by the complex interactions of increased age and …