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Geriatric Emergency Departments: Emerging Themes and Directions
Purpose of the ReviewGlobally, emergency departments are recognizing their rapidly growing number of older adult patients and some have responded...
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Post-acute COVID-19 geriatric rehabilitation
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a threat to the health and independence of older people in particular. In this article we elaborate on the...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment as an essential tool to register or update DNR codes in a tertiary care hospital
PurposeTo investigate the prevalence of Do not Resuscitate (DNR) code registration in patients with a geriatric profile admitted to Antwerp...
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Expanding Access to Comprehensive Geriatric Evaluation via Telehealth: Development of Hybrid-Virtual Home Visits
BackgroundIn response to the aging population, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeks to expand access to evidence-based practices which...
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Development of the Brief Geriatric Assessment for the General Practitioner
ObjectivesThe study aimed to develop a brief geriatric assessment (BGA) tool for the general practitioner to evaluate geriatric syndromes in...
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Assessment of potentially inappropriate medication use among geriatric outpatients in the Slovak Republic
BackgroundPotentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a highly prevalent problem among older people, making it challenging to improve patient...
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A consensus statement on minimum operational standards for geriatric emergency care in Belgium: a modified Delphi study
BackgroundAs emergency department (ED) leaders started integrating geriatric emergency guidelines on a facultative basis, important variations have...
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A case vignette study to refine the target group of an intermediate care model: the Acute Geriatric Community Hospital
PurposeTo refine the admission criteria of the Acute Geriatric Community Hospital (AGCH) by defining its target group boundaries with (geriatric)...
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Understanding geriatric models of care for older adults living with HIV: a sco** review and qualitative analysis
BackgroundAdvances in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment have reduced mortality rates and consequently increased the number of individuals...
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Geriatric care for surgical patients: results and reflections from a cross-sectional survey in acute Belgian hospitals
PurposeTo explore geriatric care for surgical patients in Belgian hospitals and geriatricians’ reflections on current practice.
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Implementing online group model building to unravel complex geriatric problems, a methodological description
BackgroundGroup model building (GMB), is a qualitative focus group like study design from the field of system dynamics, that leads a group of topic...
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A survey on the availability of geriatric-friendly protocols, equipment and physical environment across emergency departments in Flanders, Belgium
BackgroundThe acquisition of geriatric-friendly resources is an important part of adapting emergency department (ED) care to the needs of vulnerable...
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Characterization of patients admitted to specialized geriatric acute care hospital units with the German version of the Standardized Evaluation and Intervention for Seniors at Risk (SEISAR) screening-instrument: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe S tandardized E valuation and I ntervention for S eniors a t R isk (SEISAR) screening tool records major geriatric problems, originally...
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Decreasing hospitalizations through geriatric hotlines: a prospective French multicenter study of people aged 75 and above
BackgroundThe Emergency unit of the hospital (Department) (ED) is the fastest and most common way for most French general practitioners (GPs) to...
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Predictors of hospital readmission rate in geriatric patients
BackgroundHospital readmissions among older adults are associated with progressive functional worsening, increased institutionalization and mortality.
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Exploring stakeholders’ experiences of comprehensive geriatric assessment in the community and out-patient settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis
BackgroundComprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional interdisciplinary process that addresses an older adult’s biopsychosocial...
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Medication optimization according to the Fit fOR The Aged (FORTA) rules improves functional status in patients hospitalized for geriatric rehabilitation
IntroductionFunctional status is one of the most important issues of geriatric care. Polypharmacy seems to be a modifiable factor associated with...
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Feasibility of an oral health promotion program among older people in geriatric care facilities, Shanghai, China: a pre/post-implementation study
BackgroundThe oral health of older people is closely related to their overall health. Timely and effective intervention in oral issues is necessary...
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Experiences with long-term care for geriatric patients by an interprofessional outpatient care approach – a qualitative study
BackgroundOutpatient care for geriatric patients is complex and requires the collaboration of different professions for supporting long-term care....
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Detecting disabilities in everyday life: evidence from a geriatric assessment
BackgroundThe activities of daily living (ADL) score is a widely used index to establish the degree of independence from any help in everyday life...