OBJECTIVES: To estimate the proportion of older adults in the emergency department (ED) who are willing and able to use a tablet computer to answer questions. DESIGN: Prospective, ED-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two U.S. academic EDs.…
OBJECTIVE: To identify educational strategies for resident training in nursing home care deemed successful by a large number of programs. DESIGN: A mail survey with three follow-up mailings. PARTICIPANTS: Directors of accredited internal medicine and…
Student Presentation D169 at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society (AGS). NEOMED Student R. Rabbani. Presented with students from NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Student presentation D77 at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society (AGS). NEOMED Student A. Walia. Co-presented with students from the Center for the Study of Asian American Health, New York University School of Medicine,…
In the United States and around the world, effective, efficient, and reliable strategies to provide emergency care to aging adults is challenging crowded emergency departments ( EDs) and strained healthcare systems. In response, geriatric emergency…
The Acute Care for Elders (ACE) model of care is a multicomponent intervention that improves outcomes for older patients hospitalized for acute medical illnesses. Likewise, stroke units improve outcomes for patients with acute stroke, yet the…
