Method Phase 1: In 2018, the Older Persons Assessment Service (OPAS) began a liaison
service to the ED, taking referrals from the medical and ED teams for patients who presented …

Innovative models of service delivery are required to provide CGA for older patients
presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with frailty syndromes. Out of 139,636 …

Abstract Introduction At University Hospital Southampton (UHS) on average 400 elderly
patients attend the emergency department (ED) each month following a fall with an …

Abstract Background: Our National Health Service is facing unprecedented challenges to
accommodate our frailer healthcare users. The gold standard tool for the identification and …

Aims Our population is ageing and the impact on public health and social services is
considerable. Older patients who attend A&E are more likely to be admitted and have a …

Background Many older people are brought to the Emergency Department (ED) who do not
require acute hospital admission but there are risks to these patients if this occurs. The …

Background: Older people account for 25% of all Emergency Department (ED) admissions.
This is expected to rise with an ageing demographic. Older people often present to the ED …

Introduction: Frailty can be defined as a state of physiological decline related to ageing and
its identification is crucial for subsequent management. A Cochrane review found that CGA …

Background Older people in the Emergency Department (ED) are clinically heterogenous
and some presentations may be better suited to alternative out-of-hospital pathways. A new …

Changing global demography is resulting in older people presenting to emergency
departments (EDs) in greater numbers than ever before. They present with greater urgency …