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Chapter 52 - Hospital-Based Care

from Section IV - Principles of Care for the Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2022

By
Maureen Dale ,
David H. Lynch  and
Debra L. Bynum
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Christine Arenson ,
Rebecca Elon ,
Mary H. Palmer  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Rebecca Elon
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mary H. Palmer
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Summary

As Medicare has focused more on hospital readmissions and care transitions over time, programs and movements aimed at providing geriatric-focused care have developed nationally. These programs aim to minimize and prevent hazards of hospitalization, decrease readmissions, provide safer transitions to the post-acute setting, and decrease length of stay while acknowledging and addressing specific care considerations of hospitalized older adults, such as dementia, sensory impairment, and mobility impairment. Inpatient geriatric assessments help providers tailor care plans to the specific needs of individual hospitalized older adults and determine their post-acute care needs, and also help with appropriate counseling of family and caregivers. Prevention measures are vital during hospitalization of older adults, who are at higher risk of delirium, pressure injury, falls, aspiration, malnutrition, sleep disturbances, and venous thromboembolism. Detailed transition plans and specialized discharge summaries are important to highlight the needs of older adults as they transition to post-acute care settings, and should allow for providers to resume the care plan seamlessly, including continuation of advanced care planning conversations.

Keywords

Age-friendlydementia-friendlyACE unithospital at homefunctional assessmentcognitive assessmentadvanced care planningfrailtyhospital acquired conditionsdeliriumpressure injuryfallsaspirationmalnutritionsleep disturbancesvenous thromboembolismtransitions of caredischarge summary
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 641 - 649
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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