Medical day hospitals (MDH) provide multidisciplinary care to older people living with frailty
in an outpatient or day-case setting. Given the pressures on UK emergency departments …

Background: Unplanned admissions for older people can result in lengthy hospital stays. It
has been recognised that many of these admissions are avoidable, often associated with …

Readers of Age and Ageing will be well aware that systematic reviews reporting on> 6500
patients in 13 well-conducted RCTs have demonstrated that comprehensive geriatric …

Introduction The over 75 s make up 20% of our ED attendances. The greatest increase has
been in the over 85 s. This very elderly cohort are more likely to be frail and are 10X more …

Background: the ageing demographic means that increasing numbers of older people will
be attending emergency departments (EDs). Little previous research has focused on the …

Abstract Background: In recent years Lincoln County Hospital (LCH) has experienced a 7%
annual rise in frail older adults attending the emergency department and conversion of these …

This study reviews the outcomes of a model developed to improve the quality of care of
residents living within residential aged care facilities (RACF). The Southcare Geriatric Flying …

Community-based alternatives can provide safe and effective ways of managing the
demand for inpatient hospital care for older people [1–3]. Patients and carers prefer home …

FRAILTY-READY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO ACHIEVE THE QUADRUPLE AIM
evidence-based protocols delivered at these units. The GED care model has been …

Background Older people in the emergency department (ED) represent a growing
population and increasing proportion of the workload in the ED. This study investigated the …