Toolkit

Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit

February 21, 2022

The National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment

Easy-to-use resources to help Emergency Department staff identify and address mistreatment in older adults. Developed by the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment.

Toolkit

ED-DEL Change Package and Toolkit

May 10, 2021

This 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.

Toolkit

Falls and Mobility Implementation Toolkit

May 20, 2020

This 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.

Toolkit

Delirium Management Implementation Toolkit

May 18, 2020

An adaptable resource for implementing the best standards of care of older adults in the Emergency Department.

Toolkit

Dementia Implementation Toolkit

May 20, 2020

A dementia quality improvement implementation toolkit highlighting rationale, tools, protocols, and more.

Toolkit

COVID-19 Resource Toolkit

November 25, 2020

This toolkit contains a curated collection of resources aimed to help Emergency Department personnel improve care for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Examples of Quality Improvement in Action

Blog

Leadership Backed Transformation

January 7, 2020

Don Melady, MD

At 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.

Blog

Initial outcomes at a small community Geri ED

November 19, 2019

Aaron Malsch MS, RN, GCNS-BC and Lisa Entringer RN

The 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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Delirium Screening at UNC Hillsborough

November 12, 2019

Julie Reitz, Katie Davenport, Christina Shenvi and Kevin Biese

We 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.