When Little Things Add Up: Harnessing Emergence Theory to Decode Complexity in Geriatric Care
Geriatric patients function as complex systems shaped by biological, psychological, functional, and social factors, generating new emergent properties of non-linear change, self-organization, phase transitions, and path dependence that produce clinical states guiding dynamic assessment, early detection, and cross-domain care.
Authors
- John D. Sorkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2496-0965)
- Anna Maria Izquierdo‐Porrera
- Raya Kheirbek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-1940)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Baltimore VA Medical Center (US)
- Salisbury University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70239
- Primary Topic
- Chaos, Complexity, and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Aging
- NIH Clinical Center