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The older person in the Accident & Emergency department
— (Compendium document 3.2 revised March 2008) | | Author(s) | J Birns, D Beaumont |
| Corporate Author | BGS Policy Committee, British Geriatrics Society - BGS |
| Publisher | British Geriatrics Society - BGS, London, March 2008 |
| Pages | unnumbered |
| Source | Download document: http://www.bgs.org.uk/Publications/Compendium/comp... |
| Keywords | Accident & emergency depts ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Older people experience a greater level of morbidity and are relatively frequent users of Accident & Emergency departments (A&E). The increased demand for emergency care services places greater pressures on A&E departments, resulting in increased strain to maintain quality of care. This guidance comments that falls, elder abuse and delirium are major conditions for older people presenting at A&E. The web version of this document alerts the user to other online references in respect of delivering high quality care for older A&E attendees, identifying frailty, or referring for comprehensive assessment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080408207 E |
| Classmark | LD6: 583 |
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