ArticleCanadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2020
Older Emergency Department Patients: Does Baseline Care Status Matter?
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- A systematic review of reasons and risks for acute service use by older adult residents of long-term care.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Frequency and predictors of emergency department visits among the oldest old in Finland: the Vitality 90+ Study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Detection and differentiation of undiagnosed dementia in the emergency department: A pilot referral pathway.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
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- Receiving home care forms and the risk for emergency department visits in community-dwelling Dutch older adults, a retrospective cohort study using national data.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Examining the utility and accuracy of the interRAI Emergency Department Screener in identifying high-risk older emergency department patients: A Canadian multiprovince prospective cohort study.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2023Article
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- Prognosis of cardiac arrest in home care clients and nursing home residents: A population-level retrospective cohort study.Resuscitation plus · 2022Article
- Examining the association between paramedic transport to the emergency department and hospital admission: a population-based cohort study.BMC emergency medicine · 2021Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the prognostic differences between older emergency department (ED) patients who present with different formal support requirements in the community. We set out to describe and compare the patient profiles and patterns of health service use among three older ED cohorts: home care clients, nursing home residents and those receiving no formal support.
methodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of the Canadian cohort from the interRAI multinational ED study. Data were collected using interRAI ED contact assessment on patients 75 years of age and older (n = 2,274), in eight ED sites across Canada. A series of descriptive statistics were reported. Adjusted associations were determined using logistic regression.
resultsOlder adults receiving no formal support services were most stable. However, they were most likely to be hospitalized. Older home care clients were most likely to report depressive symptoms and distressed caregivers. They also had the greatest odds of frequent ED visitation post-discharge (OR=1.9; 95% CI=1.39-2.59). Older adults transferred from a nursing home were the frailest but had the lowest odds of hospital admission (OR=0.14; 95% CI=0.09-0.23).
conclusionWe demonstrated the importance of inquiring about community-based formal support services and provide data to support decision-making in the ED.
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