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Experts discuss strategies for Frailty Screening and Intervention in an emergency setting with complex older patients, and how emergency departments can meet domain three of the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure.
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Webinar Details
Expert Panel
Karen Allen, RN, GRN
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Nurse Navigator
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM
Associate Vice Chair for Research
Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz
Kara Mc Loughlin, MSc
Research Fellow
PhD Candidate – Older Persons Rehabilitation Research
Aging Research Centre, School of Allied Health
University of Limerick
Lisa Adams Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, FAAN
Lead Nurse Scientist
Emergency Nurses Association
Moderated By
Goals
- Contextualize frailty in the care of older adults in the ED
- Review validated frailty screening tools suitable for the ED patient
- Discuss the integration of frailty screening and intervention into the clinical workflow
Supporting Materials
BLOG | February 23, 2026
Frailty in the Emergency Department: Screening, Intervention, and Alignment with the CMS Hospital Measure
Discover a resource that synthesizes validated screening tools, implementation examples, quality improvement initiatives, and emerging research on frailty in the ED, compiled by the webinar panellists.
BLOG | February 6, 2026
CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure | Resources for Emergency Departments
Explore resources to help your ED meet the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital measure.
WEBINAR | Janurary 23, 2026
Frailty in the Geriatric ED
Listen to an expert panel discuss frailty in the geriatric ED, and why it’s an important concept in the care of older adults.
PODCAST | Janurary 23, 2026
Frailty Frontline | How to Identify Frailty, and What to Do Next
Listen as Dr. Christina Shenvi disucsses the rising importance of frailty with Dr. James Van Oppen in this episode of GEMCast.
John A. Hartford Foundation | 2024
Overview of Age-Friendly Hospital Measure
Dive deeper into the five domains with a helpful PDF table listing the attestation statements for each domain.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement | July 2024
Age-Friendly Health Systems | Guide to Recognition for Geriatric Emergency Department Accredited Sites
Dig into an in-depth examination of how GEDA Accredited sites can be recognized as Age-Friendly Health Systems thanks to the shared values of both approaches to geriatric friendly care.
