A profile of older emergency department attendees: findings from an Irish study

Abstract

In the absence of other avenues to treatment and based on health profile and diagnostic category, older people's attendance at the emergency department was appropriate. The hospital emergency department remains a major arm of the Irish health service in dealing with the morbidity associated with enduring illness.

Communication between residential aged care facilities and the emergency department: A review of the literature

“…Older people have a greater need for emergency medical care than others in the community, and the number presenting to emergency departments from residential aged care is increasing (Edwards et al, 2012;Fealy et al, 2012;Kessler et al, 2013;Roberts et al, 2008). A systematic review examining how frequently older people living in aged care facilities present to emergency departments found that the incidence of transfer is at least 30 transfers per 100 aged care facility beds per year (Arendts and Howard, 2010).…”

Emergency nurses perceptions of the role of family/carers in caring for cognitively impaired older persons in pain: A descriptive qualitative study

“…There is evidence that cognitive impairment is a risk factor for delay in analgesia . Many older people with cognitive impairment who are experiencing pain are accompanied by family/carers to emergency department (Fealy et al, 2012). One study has shown that older cognitively impaired persons consider the presence of family/carers in the emergency department important (Nikki et al, 2012) as they can provide information to emergency nurses when communication difficulties exist (Nikki et al, 2012;Shanley et al, 2008).…”

Planned and Unplanned Hospital Admissions and Their Relationship with Social Factors: Findings from a National, Prospective Study of People Aged 76 Years or Older

“…There is also a higher prevalence of vulnerable social network types—such as networks dependent on family or with lack of community contacts—among older patients in emergency departments than among older people in general (Fealy et al. ; cf. McCusker et al.…”