Urgent care for older people is a major public health issue and attracts much policy
attention. Despite many efforts to curb demand, many older people with frailty and urgent …

Background Healthcare outcome goals are central to person-centred acute care, however
evidence among older people is scarce. Older people who are living with frailty have distinct …

Changing global demography is resulting in older people presenting to emergency
departments (EDs) in greater numbers than ever before. They present with greater urgency …

Older age is one stage of the lifecourse where dignity maybe threatened due to the
vulnerability created by increased incapacity, frailty and cognitive decline in combination …

As the world's population continues to age over the decades ahead, medical educators and
researchers in every adult medical and surgical specialty will need to 'geriatricise'their …

Older people form a growing proportion and volume of those accessing urgent care, much of
which is provided by non-specialists in geriatric medicine. Non-specific presentations …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to provide high-quality evidence on delivering
hospital-wide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA). OBJECTIVE (S):(1) To define …

The process of disciplined identification of common geriatric syndromes and risks in targeted
individuals with careful prescription of preventives and treatments would seem, at face …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether the acute care of frail elderly
patients in a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) unit is superior to the care in a …

Background: The proportion of older people needing acute care is rapidly growing, thereby
posing an increased burden on the acute care chain. The aim of this study is to gain more …