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The older person in the Accident & Emergency department — (Compendium document 3.2 revised March 2008)
Author(s)	J Birns, D Beaumont
Corporate Author	BGS Policy Committee, British Geriatrics Society - BGS
Publisher	British Geriatrics Society - BGS, London, March 2008
Pages	unnumbered
Source	Download document: http://www.bgs.org.uk/Publications/Compendium/comp...
Keywords	Accident & emergency depts ; Standards of provision.
Annotation	Older people experience a greater level of morbidity and are relatively frequent users of Accident & Emergency departments (A&E). The increased demand for emergency care services places greater pressures on A&E departments, resulting in increased strain to maintain quality of care. This guidance comments that falls, elder abuse and delirium are major conditions for older people presenting at A&E. The web version of this document alerts the user to other online references in respect of delivering high quality care for older A&E attendees, identifying frailty, or referring for comprehensive assessment. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080408207 E
Classmark	LD6: 583
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