The four different approaches to establishing geriatric emergency department services vary in the amount of resources required. Over the past five years, four primary models for geriatric emergency ...

More emergency departments are helping to manage the care of medically complex older adults. Among older adults, frequent utilizers of the emergency department tend to have multiple comorbidities, ...

Many emergency departments are currently unable to provide care for geriatric patients that meets best practices and guidelines recommended by several major medical organizations, but a panel ...

Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients’ vulnerability and distinct needs. An estimated 10,000 baby ...

Care huddle: Every morning clinicians and other care providers participate in a huddle where they discuss the status and care plans of patients in the Geriatric Emergency Department at Mount Sinai ...

High-risk older patients seen by geriatric-focused nurse practitioners (NPs) in the emergency department (ED) had a 10.3% shorter hospital stay than those who were not seen by an NP, according to a ...

The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2009-2010 has just released a report of its findings for emergency department visits for patients 65 years and older. At the Becker's 11th Annual ...

Currently, the Huffington Center on Aging administers a NIA Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging Training grant, which supports the training of five predoctoral and five postdoctoral trainees. Fifteen ...