Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment provided in hospital wards in frail patients
admitted to hospital has been shown to reduce mortality and increase the likelihood of living …

Background: Switzerland's demographic trends show, as elsewhere on the planet,
increasing numbers of older and very old adults. This suggests that its healthcare system will …

Objectives To develop and validate a frailty index (FI) from interRAI‐Community Health
Assessments (CHA) on older adults in retirement villages (RVs). Methods This is a cross …

Objectives The development of frailty tools from electronically recorded healthcare data
allows frailty assessments to be routinely generated, potentially beneficial for individuals …

Background The population of older trauma patients is increasing. Those patients have
heterogeneous presentations and need senior-friendly triaging tools. Systolic blood …

Background Emergency nurses commonly conduct geriatric assessments in the emergency
department (ED). However, little is known about what geriatric syndromes or clinical …

Background Older adults are the biggest users of emergency departments and hospitals.
However, healthcare professionals are often ill equipped to conduct comprehensive geriatric …

Fundamentos: Existe escasa evidencia sobre la prevalencia, herramientas de medición,
resultados de salud y eficacia de las intervenciones sobre la fragilidad en adultos mayores …

Emergency nurses and departments are currently chal-lenged to adapt traditional models of
care to better accommodate the complex physical and psychosocial needs of the growing …