A hospital-based special care unit for dementia decreased hospital readmission rates for behaviour while reducing rates of falls and occupational violence across medical wards
A hospital-based SCU reduced hospital health service demand through decreased SCU-patient readmissions and was associated with decreased falls and OV rates across hospital medical wards.
Authors
- Lisa Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4835-0862)
- Frederick A. Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-0712)
- Amanda Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-3243)
- Emily H Gordon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-6404)
- Elizabeth Burmeister (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-2596)
- Ruth Eleanor Hubbard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-5836)
- Annette Broome
Institutions
- Queensland Health (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Central Queensland University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Age and Ageing
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf096
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45