Acute care for elders : a model for interdisciplinary care
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Michael L. Malone, Elizabeth A. Capezuti, Robert M. Palmer, editors.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
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Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients. This model includes: an environment of care designed to promote improved function for older patients; an interdisciplinary team that works together to identify/address the vulnerabilities of the older patients; nursing care plans for prevention of disability; early planning to help prepare the patient to return home; and a review of medical care to …
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- Other Authors
- Malone, Michael L.
- Capezuti, Liz
- Palmer, Robert M.
- Responsibility
- Michael L. Malone, Elizabeth A. Capezuti, Robert M. Palmer, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 259 pages)
- Series Title
- Aging medicine
- ISBN
- 9781493910250 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493910243
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acute Disease - therapy
- Critical Care - methods
- Geriatrics - methods
- Health Services for the Aged
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Older people - Health and hygiene
- Nursing
- Abstract
- Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients. This model includes: an environment of care designed to promote improved function for older patients; an interdisciplinary team that works together to identify/address the vulnerabilities of the older patients; nursing care plans for prevention of disability; early planning to help prepare the patient to return home; and a review of medical care to prevent iatrogenic illness. Acute Care for Elders: A Model for Interdisciplinary Care is an essential new resource aimed at assisting providers in developing and sustaining an ACE program. The interdisciplinary approach provides an introduction to the key vulnerabilities of older adults and defines the lessons learned from the Acute Care for Elders model. Expertly written chapters describe critical aspects of ACE: the interdisciplinary approach and the focus on function. The fundamental principles of ACE described in this book will further assist hospital leaders to develop, implement, sustain and disseminate the Acute Care for Elders model of care.
- Contents
- An Introduction to the Acute Care for Elders -- The Team Approach to Interdisciplinary Care -- Patient and Hospital Factors that Lead to Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Elders -- An Overview of Hospital-Based Models of Care -- The Acute Care for Elders Unit -- How to Develop, Start and Sustain an Acute Care for Elders Unit -- How to Disseminate the ACE Model of Care Beyond One Unit -- How to Use the ACE Unit to Improve Hospital Safety and Quality for Older Patients: From ACE Units to Elder-Friendly Hospitals -- ACE Unit Business Model -- Models of Care to Transition from Hospital to Home -- What is the Role of Hospitalists in the Acute Care for Elders? -- How to Improve Care for Seniors in the Emergency Department -- How to Improve Care for Older Patients in the Intensive Care Unit -- The Future of Acute Care for Elders.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
