Components of the transitional care model (TCM) to reduce readmission in geriatric patients: a systematic review

N Morkisch, LD Upegui-Arango, MI Cardona… - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
Background Demographic changes are taking place in most industrialized countries.
Geriatric patients are defined by the European Union of Medical Specialists as aged over 65 …

Cardiac rehabilitation in older adults

DW Schopfer, DE Forman - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2016 - Elsevier
The biology of aging and the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) overlap, with
the effect that CVD is endemic in the growing population of older adults. Moreover, CVD in …

[HTML][HTML] Readmission and mortality in malnourished, older, hospitalized adults treated with a specialized oral nutritional supplement: a randomized clinical trial

NE Deutz, EM Matheson, LE Matarese, M Luo… - Clinical nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Hospitalized, malnourished older adults have a high risk of readmission and
mortality. Objective Evaluation of a high-protein oral nutritional supplement (HP-HMB) …

Patient characteristics and differences in hospital readmission rates

ML Barnett, J Hsu, JM McWilliams - JAMA internal medicine, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medicare penalizes hospitals with higher than expected readmission rates by up
to 3% of annual inpatient payments. Expected rates are adjusted only for patients' age, sex …

Association between frailty and 30-day outcomes after discharge from hospital

S Kahlon, J Pederson, SR Majumdar, S Belga, D Lau… - Cmaj, 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Readmissions after hospital discharge are common and costly, but prediction
models are poor at identifying patients at high risk of readmission. We evaluated the impact …

Change in functional status associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalized older adults

AR Branche, L Saiman, EE Walsh… - Influenza and Other …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe respiratory illnesses in infants
and older adults. Older adults are frequently hospitalized with RSV illness and may …

Hospital readmission from post-acute care facilities: risk factors, timing, and outcomes

RE Burke, EA Whitfield, D Hittle, S Min, C Levy… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives Hospital discharges to post-acute care (PAC) facilities have increased rapidly.
This increase may lead to more hospital readmissions from PAC facilities, which are …

The impact of disability and social determinants of health on condition-specific readmissions beyond Medicare risk adjustments: a cohort study

J Meddings, H Reichert, SN Smith, TJ Iwashyna… - Journal of general …, 2017 - Springer
Background Readmission rates after pneumonia, heart failure, and acute myocardial
infarction hospitalizations are risk-adjusted for age, gender, and medical comorbidities and …

Understanding patient-centred readmission factors: a multi-site, mixed-methods study

SR Greysen, JD Harrison, S Kripalani… - BMJ quality & …, 2017 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Importance Patient concerns at or before discharge inform many transitional care
interventions; few studies examine patients' perceptions of self-care and other factors related …

What matters when it comes to measuring Age‐Friendly Health System transformation

RE Burke, LE Ashcraft, K Manges… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thousands of health systems are now recognized as “Age‐Friendly Health Systems,”
making this model one of the most widely disseminated–and most promising‐models to …