Structured Abstract Objectives Current policies for older patients do not adequately address
the barriers to effective implementation of optimal care models in New Zealand, partly due to …

The care of elderly patients admitted to hospital presents complex medical, social, and
psychiatric challenges. At least a quarter will exhibit cognitive impairment, psychiatric illness …

Objective To provide the evidence base through the identification and appraisal of the
literature on the effectiveness of specialist geriatric services for developing a sound practice …

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 …

Readers of Age and Ageing will be well aware that systematic reviews reporting on> 6500
patients in 13 well-conducted RCTs have demonstrated that comprehensive geriatric …

Background Emergency departments are chaotic environments in which complex, frail older
persons living in the community and residential aged care facilities are sometimes subjected …

The development of geriatric medicine has been widely credited to Dr Marjorie Warren who
worked in the West Middlesex Hospital, United Kingdom in the 1940s, rehabilitating old …

Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is considered the reference
standard approach to improving a range of outcomes for hospitalised older adults living with …

The new edition of the Silver Book, Silver Book II, provides a framework for the urgent care of
older people in the first 72 hours from illness or injury. It incorporates principles of geriatric …

Medical day hospitals (MDH) provide multidisciplinary care to older people living with frailty
in an outpatient or day-case setting. Given the pressures on UK emergency departments …