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.…
A peculiar dynamic in communication exists between those who are most likely to be involved in life-prolongation decisions. We found that both the elderly and health care professionals talk about life-prolongation, but not with one another; that they…
The article reports on research which was conducted to investigate vitamin D levels and vitamin D supplementation in hospital patients at risk of falls. Researchers evaluated the vitamin D levels of 190 patients. They found that 63.7% were vitamin D…
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…
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…
D137 Student Presentation at the American Geriatrics Society 2019 Annual Meeting
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BACKGROUND Psychosocial habits in mid-early life have been shown to affect mortality in later life. Negative responses to stress in people who have stressful…
Poster Presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Delirium Society
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Objective: Assessment of delirium outside of the hospital setting is currently limited, as clinical assessments for delirium require a face-to-face encounter. This…
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,…
Student Presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society (AGS). NEOMED Student K. B. Yerigeri. Co-presented with students from Johns Hopkins University
