Background transitions between care settings near the end-of-life for people with dementia
can be distressing, lead to physical and cognitive deterioration, and may be avoidable …

Background Emergency department (ED) visits for nursing home residents lead to higher
morbidity and mortality. Therefore, inappropriate visits (for conditions treatable elsewhere) or …

Abstract Objectives The Beers (2012) criteria and the screening tool of older persons'
potentially inappropriate prescriptions (STOPP) criteria are often used to identify potentially …

Background: The analysis of routinely collected hospital data informs the design of specialist
services for at-risk older people. Aim: Describe the outcomes of a cohort of older emergency …

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

Background Hospital avoidance programmes aim to reduce the number of emergency
transfers from nursing homes to hospitals and facilitate early discharge for hospitalised …

Abstract Background Informal carers (ICs) of residents living in nursing homes (NH) have a
key role in the care of residents, including making decisions about and providing care. As …

Unscheduled hospital admissions from care homes are common and potentially avoidable
but little guidance is available as to what constitutes an appropriate hospital admission. We …

Background Unplanned emergency department (ED) visits of nursing home residents (NHR)
are common, with many transfers not leading to hospitalization. However, there is little …

ABSTRACTThis paper makes the case for a specific set of competencies required to
adequately care for care home residents. It proposes that staff with these competencies …