Journal article
Emergency Department presentation of frail older people and interventions for management: Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention
Safety in Health, Vol.2(1), 14
2016
Abstract
As population's age and people live longer, the burden on acute health care services associated with the frail aged increases. Recognising the needs of this cohort as well as designing and evaluating interventions to manage their care in the emergency department has been reported in the literature. Transition to new models of care in emergency departments (ED) focused on improving the care of older people can also assist in reducing length of stay in the ED, reducing complications associated with ED presentation and prevent inappropriate hospitalisation. The Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI) aims to build on the successful components of other models of care for older people in acute healthcare settings to improve safety and best meet the needs of both older people and health service providers.
Details
- Title
- Emergency Department presentation of frail older people and interventions for management: Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention
- Authors
- Alison Craswell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringElizabeth J Marsden (Author) - Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health ServiceAndrea Taylor (Author) - Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health ServiceMarianne Wallis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Safety in Health, Vol.2(1), 14; 6
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.1186/s40886-016-0049-y
- ISSN
- 2056-5917; 2056-5917
- Copyright note
- Copyright © The Author(s). 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450687902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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