A systematic review of reasons and risks for acute service use by older adult residents of long‐term care

E Merrick, K Bloomfield, C Seplaki… - Journal of clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims and Objectives To identify the reasons and/or risk factors for hospital
admission and/or emergency department attendance for older (≥ 60 years) residents of …

Factors associated with increased emergency department transfer in older long-term care residents: a systematic review

C Marincowitz, L Preston, A Cantrell… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The proportion of adults older than 65 years is rapidly increasing. Care home residents in
this age group have disproportionate rates of transfer to the Emergency Department (ED) …

Evaluating a new emergency department avoidance service for older people: patient and relative experiences

L Greene, R Lane, M Crotty, C Whitehead… - Emergency Medicine …, 2023 - emj.bmj.com
Background High emergency department (ED) usage by older individuals for non-
emergencies is a global concern. ED avoidance initiatives have proven effective in …

Predictors of hospitalisations and emergency department presentations shortly after entering a residential aged care facility in Australia: a retrospective cohort study

MC Inacio, RN Jorissen, S Wesselingh, JK Sluggett… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To:(1) examine the 90-day incidence of unplanned hospitalisation and
emergency department (ED) presentations after residential aged care facility (RACF) …

Unplanned hospital visits and poor oral health with undernutrition in nursing home residents

M Aishima, T Ishikawa, K Ikuta… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives In 2021, the Japanese government began operating a long-term care
(LTC) database called the Long-Term Care Information System for Evidence (LIFE) …

Aged and Health Care Service utilization by older australians receiving Home Care packages

K Thapaliya, V Cornell, C Lang, GE Caughey… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the (1) cohort of individuals living at home with Home Care
Packages (HCPs) in 2016,(2) their access to other aged care services after HCP …

The role of geriatric syndromes in predicting unplanned hospitalizations: a population-based study using Minimum Data Set for Home Care

J Rönneikkö, H Huhtala, H Finne-Soveri, J Valvanne… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background The predictive accuracies of screening instruments for identifying home-
dwelling old people at risk of hospitalization have ranged from poor to moderate, particularly …

Scoring systems to evaluate the mortality risk of patients with emphysematous cystitis: a retrospective observational study

YH Chen, MS Hsieh, SY Hu, SC Huang… - Journal of Personalized …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a complicated urinary tract infection (UTI)
characterized by gas formation within the bladder wall and lumen. Immunocompetent …

Economic burden of frailty in older adults accessing community‐based aged care services in Australia

B Toson, LC Edney, H Haji Ali Afzali… - Geriatrics & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To explore the utilization of permanent residential aged care (PRAC), healthcare costs,
and mortality for frail compared with non‐frail individuals following their first assessment by …

A 'plethora of services' but a lack of consistency: A qualitative study of service providers' perspectives about transitioning from hospital to home for older South …

J Rupa, K Laver, G Harvey… - … Journal on Ageing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We explored the perspectives of professionals working in health and aged care
services in South Australia about factors that influenced successful transitions from hospital …