ArticleAging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))2021
Impact of an acute geriatric outreach service to residential aged care facilities on hospital admissions.
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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
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- The Development of Acute Outreach Services in Aged Care Facilities (Nursing Homes): Using Telemedicine in Rural Areas.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2025Article
- Strategies to Improve Emergency Transitions From Long-Term Care Facilities: A Scoping Review.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- An exploration of healthcare use in older people waiting for and receiving Australian community-based aged care services.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2023Article
- Economic and cost considerations of delivering and using mobile X-ray services in residential aged care facilities: A qualitative study.Australasian journal on ageing · 2023Article
- Identifying the core components of a nursing home hospital avoidance programme.International journal of older people nursing · 2023Article
- Residents' perspectives of mobile X-ray services in support of healthcare-in-place in residential aged care facilities: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Impact of an acute geriatric outreach service to residential aged care facilities on hospital admissions.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionResidential aged care facility (RACF) residents frequently present to the emergency department (ED) and are often admitted to hospital. Some presentations and admissions may be avoidable. In 2013, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital introduced a subacute geriatric outreach service (SGOS), which had little impact on reducing ED presentations. In 2015, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital introduced an acute geriatric outreach service (AGOS), a geriatrician-led team that assesses and treats acutely unwell patients in RACFs. We aim to determine whether the AGOS reduces the risk of hospital admission for RACF residents.
methodsHospital admissions data from 2010 to 2019 were used to conduct an interrupted time series (ITS) analysis. AGOS activity data were also summarized.
resultsThe average number of admissions from RACF per month declined from 42.8 during the SGOS period to 27.1 during the AGOS period. The difference of 15.7 admissions from RACF per month was statistically significant (95% CI 12.1-19.2; DISCUSSION: The AGOS probably reduced the risk of hospital admission for RACF residents.
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