Delivering improved patient and system outcomes for hospitalized older adults through an Acute Care for Elders Strategy

SK Sinha, J Bennett, R Ramsden… - Healthcare …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute care hospitals are widely recognized as potentially high-risk environments for older
adults. In 2010, Mount Sinai Hospital conceived its Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Strategy as …

Predicting hospital admission for older emergency department patients: Insights from machine learning

F Mowbray, M Zargoush, A Jones, K de Wit… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Emergency departments (ED) are a portal of entry into the hospital and are
uniquely positioned to influence the health care trajectories of older adults seeking medical …

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement on care of older people in Canadian Emergency Departments: executive summary

B Ellis, AA Brousseau, D Eagles, D Sinclair… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Canadian emergency departments (EDs) welcome more patients over the age of 65 than
any other population segment between 20 and 40% of all visits depending on the location …

Old and new geriatric screening tools in a Belgian emergency department: a diagnostic accuracy study

P Heeren, E Devriendt, NIH Wellens… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES To compare the diagnostic accuracy of the Identification of Seniors at Risk, the
Flemish version of Triage Risk Screening Tool, and the interRAI Emergency Department …

Unplanned readmission prevention by a geriatric emergency network for transitional care (URGENT): a prospective before-after study

P Heeren, E Devriendt, S Fieuws, NIH Wellens… - BMC geriatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background URGENT is a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) based nurse-led care
model in the emergency department (ED) with geriatric follow-up after ED discharge aiming …

[HTML][HTML] Older emergency department patients: does baseline care status matter?

FI Mowbray, K Aryal, E Mercier… - Canadian Geriatrics …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Little is known about the prognostic differences between older emergency
department (ED) patients who present with different formal support requirements in the …

The predictive validity of the interRAI ED screener for predicting re-presentation within 28 days for older adults at a regional hospital emergency department

A Taylor, M Broadbent, M Wallis, E Marsden - Australasian emergency care, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The rapid screening of older adults in the Emergency Department (ED) at risk of
adverse events is considered useful. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive …

Determinants of access of frail, community‐residing older adults to geriatricians in Ontario

S Hogeveen, JP Hirdes, G Heckman… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Little is known about determinants of access to community‐based geriatricians.
The Geriatric 5Ms™ describe geriatricians' core competencies and inform referrals to …

Design and rationale of the western Sydney clinical frailty registry: a prospective observational long-term clinical cohort study

C Ferguson, L Lombardo, J Mehta, RI Lindley - Collegian, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Frail older adults are frequently admitted to hospital with complex care needs,
however little is known about their clinical profile, inpatient management or outcomes. Aims …

Assessing older patientsʼ vulnerability in the emergency department: a study of interRAI ED screener accuracy

C Michalski‐Monnerat, PN Carron… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Identifying vulnerable older patients admitted to an emergency department
(ED) who are at increased risk for adverse events and require a comprehensive geriatric …