Association of Geriatric Emergency Department post-discharge referral order and follow-up with healthcare utilization.

Background: Compared with younger adults who receive care in the emergency department (ED), older patients who are discharged home have greater risk of adverse health outcomes. Connecting older adults with outpatient care following ED discharge are among the guidelines of the Geriatric Emergency Department (GED). The objective of this study was to examine the association between referral order placed during the ED visit for older adults and post-discharge follow-up to the outcomes of 72-h ED revisit, 30-day ED revisit, and 30-day all cause and unplanned hospital admission.

Moving the needle on fall prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network scoping review and consensus statement.

Background: Although falls are common, costly, and often preventable, emergency department (ED)-initiated fall screening and prevention efforts are rare. The Geriatric Emergency Medicine Applied Research Falls core (GEAR-Falls) was created to identify existing research gaps and to prioritize future fall research foci.

Methods: GEAR's 49 transdisciplinary stakeholders included patients, geriatricians, ED physicians, epidemiologists, health services researchers, and nursing scientists.

Emergency Nurses' Perception of Geriatric Readiness in the ED Setting: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Introduction: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 136.9 million ED visits in 2015, of which 21.4 million (15.

Communication Strategies for Better Care of Older Individuals in the Emergency Department.

The need for teamwork and communication among emergency department staff is central to excellent health care and of particular importance for the complex older adult population. Communication can decrease error, enhance safety, and improve throughput. Communication strategies both among multiple health care professionals, and between professionals and family and/or patients can improve care for older adults in the unique emergency department environment.