Background Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults
to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings …

The annual cost of hospital care services in the US has risen to over $1 trillion despite
relatively worse health outcomes compared to similar nations. These trends accentuate a …

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Abstract Background Hospital at home (HaH) provides hospital‐level care at home as a
substitute for traditional hospital care. Interest in HaH is increasing markedly. While multiple …

Background hospital level healthcare in the home guided by comprehensive geriatric
assessment (CGA) might provide a less costly alternative to hospitalisation for older people …

Background Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional
interdisciplinary diagnostic process focused on determining an older person's medical …

Background Virtual wards are being rapidly developed within the National Health Service in
the UK, and frailty is one of the first clinical pathways. Virtual wards for older people and …

Introduction Growing numbers of older patients occupy hospital beds despite being
'medically fit'for discharge. These Delayed Transfers of Care amplify inefficiencies in care …

Background Younger and older adults attending the Emergency Department (ED) are a
heterogeneous population. Longer length of ED stay is associated with adverse outcomes …

Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is difficult to perform in the
emergency department (ED) environment and performance of screening tools in identifying …