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Toolkit
Preparing your Emergency Department for Patients on Amyloid-Targeting Therapy
March 28, 2024A toolkit capturing key information of amyloid-targeting therapy and offers practical guidance you can easily integrate into your everyday clinical practice.
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Toolkit
Making the Case for Geriatric Emergency Department Quality Improvement
December 11, 2023Easy-to-use resources for demonstrating the benefits of providing specialized care for older adults in the emergency department (ED) and return on investment (ROI) for specific geriatric ED interventions.
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Toolkit
Rural Hospital GED Toolkit
November 2, 2023A collection of resources specifically curated for rural emergency departments interested in improving care for older adults.
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Toolkit
Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit
February 21, 2022The National Collaboratory to Address Elder MistreatmentEasy-to-use resources to help Emergency Department staff identify and address mistreatment in older adults. Developed by the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment.
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Toolkit
ED-DEL Change Package and Toolkit
May 10, 2021This Change Package and Toolkit is designed to provide a structured approach, change strategies, resources, and a step-by-step guide to help you set up a Delirium Program in your ED.
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Toolkit
Falls and Mobility Implementation Toolkit
May 20, 2020This toolkit offers resources that are designed to allow you to create sustainable quality improvement in the care of older adults who have fallen or are at risk of falling.
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Toolkit
Delirium Management Implementation Toolkit
May 18, 2020An adaptable resource for implementing the best standards of care of older adults in the Emergency Department.
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Toolkit
Dementia Implementation Toolkit
May 20, 2020A dementia quality improvement implementation toolkit highlighting rationale, tools, protocols, and more.
Examples of Quality Improvement in Action
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Blog
Leadership Backed Transformation
January 7, 2020Don Melady, MDAt Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, the move towards being a senior-friendly ED has been a project of more than 15 years. It has been an organic approach to system transformation – i.e. one little change at a time leading to bigger changes.
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Blog
Initial outcomes at a small community Geri ED
November 19, 2019Aaron Malsch MS, RN, GCNS-BC and Lisa Entringer RNThe Geri ED program at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Centre started in 2014 at the grass-roots level where a team of ED RNs & MDs came together to address the vulnerabilities of older adults who present in the ED but are discharged back to the community.
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Blog
Delirium Screening at UNC Hillsborough
November 12, 2019Julie Reitz, Katie Davenport, Christina Shenvi and Kevin BieseWe had a strong conviction, starting with UNC Hillsborough President Jeff Strickler and shared by ED nurse and physician champions, that ED care could indeed be better for older adults because it is the right thing to do. Also, becoming an accredited Geriatric ED helped give UNC Hillsborough a unique identity in the health care market.