Improving older patients' experience in the emergency room: The senior-friendly emergency room

Aging Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 901-909

  Ryan, David ^a   Liu, Barbara ^a   Awad, Marlene ^a   Wong, Ken ^a  

^a Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

frailty; geriatric emergency management; geriatrics; senior friendly emergency rooms; senior friendly hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; CAPACITY BUILDING; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 81855186992     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.11.78     Document Type: Review

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