Feasibility and impact of a post-discharge geriatric evaluation and management service for patients from residential care: The Residential Care Intervention Program in the Elderly (RECIPE)

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Harvey, Penelope ^a   Storer, Meg ^b   Berlowitz, David John ^b   Jackson, Bruce ^c   Hutchinson, Anastasia ^d   Lim, Wen Kwang ^e  

^a Department of Medicine and Aged Care Northern Health Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute health care utilisation; Advance care plans; Geriatric assessment; Residential aged care facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84899587443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-48     Document Type: Article

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