Failure at the transition of care: Challenges in the discharge of the vulnerable elderly patient

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-352

  Cumbler, Ethan ^a,b   Carter, Jeff ^a   Kutner, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Hospitalist Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Continuity of care and transition and discharge planning; Geriatric patients

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LEG EDEMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 51549121983     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.304     Document Type: Review

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