The Basics
Not sure what to do to make your emergency department more senior friendly? Below are the very basics that you need to know. We hope that these articles can help you find a starting point for your senior-friendly initiatives.
10 Tips on Implementing a Consistent Screening and Assessment Approach for Geriatric Care
Implementing consistent screening and assessment requires careful planning, resource allocation, and modification of existing work practices to achieve its intended benefits. Before you consider how ...Read More
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Guidelines: rationale
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Guidelines After two years of consensus-based work, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), the American ...Read More
Quality Improvement Metrics
Here are some outcome measures you might want to consider in tracking your quality improvement activities relating to senior-friendly care. The ED should track metrics for structures, processes, and ...Read More
Starting Senior-Friendly Change
How did this idea of a senior-friendly emergency department get started? DON: An awareness that older patients are part of the core business of EDs – the three main groups that MDs/hospitals have alw...Read More
Nurse-Led Geriatric Case Management – the GEM Nurse Role
For more about GEM, visit the Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto’s Geriatric Emergency Management website. This post is modified from material provided by the Regional Geriatric Programme of...Read More
Just the Basics: Policies, Procedures & Protocols
Here is a list of potential improvements you could make in any ED to make it more senior-friendly. Start with the easy ones (on no budget) and progress from there. Where there are examples on this si...Read More
Just the Basics: Physical Environment & Equipment
Here is a checklist of basic changes and enhancements that can be done with minimal expenditure or changes. The easy ones are first; the harder, more expensive ones are later Equipment and Supplies E...Read More
