Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation: EuGMS guidance.

Purpose: To describe a guidance on the management of post-acute COVID 19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation.

Methods: The guidance is based on guidelines for post-acute COVID-19 geriatric rehabilitation developed in the Netherlands, updated with recent insights from literature, related guidance from other countries and disciplines, and combined with experiences from experts in countries participating in the Geriatric Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the European Geriatric Medicine Society.

Results: This guidance for post-acute COVID-19 rehabilitation is divided into a section addressing general recommendations for geriatric rehabilitation and a section addressing specific processes and procedures.

Handover Structure and Quality in the Acute Medical Assessment Unit: A Prospective Observational Study.

Objectives: Inadequate patient handovers are associated with the occurrence of medical errors. The objective of the present study was to explore the structure and quality of handovers in the acute medical assessment unit.

Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in an academic hospital in the Netherlands.

Exploring perinatal shift-to-shift handover communication and process: an observational study.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Loss of situation awareness (SA) by health professionals during handover is a major threat to patient safety in perinatal care. SA refers to knowing what is going on around. Adequate handover communication and process may support situation assessment, a precursor of SA.