The mobile seniors’ clinic - an innovative transition of care for frail older adults
The Clinique des Ainés showed effectiveness in caring for frail older patients in their homes by decreasing their hospital LOS by half and 90 days mortality risk. It was a safe care trajectory without a clinically significant increase in ED returns or mortality.
Authors
- Marcel Émond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7158-8110)
- Clémence Dallaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-5671)
- France Légaré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-6696)
- Valérie Boucher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3117-2177)
- Pierre‐Hugues Carmichael (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-862X)
- Philippe Voyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3234-6554)
- Clermont E. Dionne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0806-5573)
- Eva-Marie Jouhair
- Marie‐Josée Sirois (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9775-6960)
- Éric Mercier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4365-2220)
- Anik Giguère (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-7395)
- Stéphane Bergeron
- Luc Tailleur
Institutions
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Hôpital Lariboisière (FR)
- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec (CA)
- Centres Intégré Universitaires de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CA)
- Quebec Network for Research on Aging (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05490-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research