[Benefit of a geriatric mobile team in the emergency departments: a ten-year review]

Jean-Philippe Natali; Nathalie Schwald; Frédérique Bach; Gaëlle Bourgouin; Dominique Chiffray; Frédéric Bloch

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2015.09.006

[Benefit of a geriatric mobile team in the emergency departments: a ten-year review]

Soins Gerontol. 2015 Nov-Dec:(116):22-4. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2015.09.006.

[Article in French]

Authors

Jean-Philippe Natali¹, Nathalie Schwald¹, Frédérique Bach¹, Gaëlle Bourgouin¹, Dominique Chiffray¹, Frédéric Bloch²

Affiliations

¹ Équipe d'intervention gériatrique, groupe hospitalier Cochin-Broca-Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, 54/56 rue Pascal, 75013 Paris, France.
² Équipe d'intervention gériatrique, groupe hospitalier Cochin-Broca-Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, 54/56 rue Pascal, 75013 Paris, France. Electronic address: frederic.bloch@aphp.fr.

PMID: 26574128
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2015.09.006

Abstract

A geriatric mobile team was created in the emergency department of Cochin Hospital in Paris, in 2005. This key player in the multi-disciplinary management of elderly patients in the emergency department and in the geriatric care pathway, showed, during its 10-year of existence, its utility.

Keywords: Elderly person; Emergency geriatrics; Gériatrie; Hospital; Hôpital; Mobile team; Personne âgée; Urgences; Équipe mobile.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chronic Disease / nursing
Cooperative Behavior
Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
Frail Elderly
France
Geriatric Nursing / organization & administration*
Health Services Needs and Demand / organization & administration
Homes for the Aged
Hospitalization
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Mobile Health Units / organization & administration*
Nursing Homes
Retrospective Studies