A public health/hospital partnership to improve Emergency Department transitions of care for vulnerable older adults
Embedding county service enrollment within a community ED is a cost neutral intervention that reached a population without previous services. Future plans include expansion of the program and evaluation of the program's ability to detect elder mistreatment and self-neglect.
Authors
- Lauren T. Southerland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-8332)
- Tony Rosen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6638-4121)
- Carolyn Dixon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-9671)
- Keri J. West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-1102)
- Susan Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1090-1297)
- C Rankin
- Tameka Hairston
Institutions
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Ohio State University Hospital (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19227
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- National Institute on Aging