Introduction An acute hospital admission is a stressful life event for older people, particularly
for those with cognitive impairment. The hospitalisation is often complicated by hospital …

Objective To develop and evaluate a best practice model of general hospital acute medical
care for older people with cognitive impairment. Design Randomised controlled trial …

The move away from the provision of long‐stay beds by the NHS inevitably meant a change
in function for wards for elderly patients with cognitive impairment to a more acute way of …

Abstract Background Hospital at home (HaH) is an alternative to acute admission for elderly
patients. It is unclear if should be cared for a primarily by a hospital intern specialist or by the …

Background There is concern that existing models of acute hospital care will become
unworkable as the health service admits an increasing number of frail older people with …

Objective To evaluate the implementation of a model of care known as the Confused
Hospitalised Older Persons (CHOP s) program to improve recognition, assessment and …

Objective To assess the effectiveness of acute geriatric units compared with conventional
care units in adults aged 65 or more admitted to hospital for acute medical disorders. Design …

Background Evidence is required to guide the redesign of health care for older people who
require hospital admission. Objectives We assessed the clinical effectiveness and cost …

Background institutionalisation following acute hospital admission is common and yet poorly
described, with policy documents advising against this transition. Objective to characterise …

This scoping review focused on the opportunity of developing new hospital-at-home
schemes in our health systems adapted to older patients with complex conditions due to …