Nursing home residents with dementia at end of life: emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and acute hospital deaths

D Salaj, T Schultz, P Strang - Journal of palliative medicine, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Most nursing home (NH) residents do not benefit from health care at an
emergency room (ER) or inpatient care at an emergency hospital during the end-of-life …

Frailty: an overview of concepts, risk factors, assessment tools and interventions

SL Finlay - Nursing older people, 2022 - journals.rcni.com
Frailty is a distinctive health state and a life-limiting syndrome seen in older people and in
those living with multiple long-term conditions. It is likely that every nurse will encounter …

Comment on “Factors Associated with Potentially Inappropriate Transfer to the Emergency Department Among Nursing Home Residents”

P Manckoundia, H Sordet-Guépet, D Menu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jamda.com
We read with great interest the article by Rolland et al regarding the factors associated with
inappropriate transfer of nursing home residents to the emergency department. 1 The …

[PDF][PDF] Pitfalls of Delirium Screening in Older Adults

D Khoujah, D Eagles - Journal of Geriatric …, 2022 - institutionalrepository.aah.org
INTRODUCTION elirium is present in 10% of older emergency department (ED) patients. It is
associated with multiple short-term and long-term adverse outcomes, 1 is distressing to …

[PDF][PDF] JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE

M Danya Khoujah, DE MEHP - gedcollaborative.com
JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Page 1 Older Adults with COVID-19:
Special Considerations for Refusal of Admission and Alternate Care Plans Danya Khoujah …

Pitfalls of Delirium Screening in Older Adults

M Danya Khoujah, DE MEHP - gedcollaborative.com
Conclusion We hope that sharing these pitfalls will increase clinicians' comfort and
performance in screening for delirium in their older ED patients. The first step in improving …