Background Health care systems are increasingly moving towards more integrated
approaches. Shared decision making (SDM) is central to these models but may be …

Objectives To synthesize published research exploring emergency department (ED)
communication strategies and decision-making with persons living with dementia (PLWD) …

Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce length of stay,
complications and costs for a large number of elective surgical procedures. A similar …

Importance Although many older adults prefer to avoid burdensome interventions with
limited ability to preserve their functional status, aggressive treatments, including surgery …

Importance Because major surgery carries significant risks for older adults with comorbid
conditions, shared decision-making is recommended to ensure patients receive care …

The United States is experiencing an exponential increase in its older adults unlike any that
has ever occurred. With the aging of the baby boomer generation, the geriatric, commonly …

Frailty is a state of vulnerability to internal and external stressors that increases the risk of
adverse events, disability, and decline. 1–3 The past decade has seen an exponential …

Many countries are facing an aging population. As people live longer, surgeons face the
prospect of operating on increasingly older patients. Traditional teaching is that with older …

MATERIALS AND METHODS As no previous ASCRS Clinical Practice Guideline has
specifically addressed the topic of frailty, this guideline is an original body of work and not …

The term “goal-concordant care” is increasingly used to describe the objective of
interventions aimed at improving clinician–patient communication [1]. The US National …