[Timing the discharge of the elderly patient]

Coralie Jean; Catherine Tobie

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2015.03.004

[Timing the discharge of the elderly patient]

Soins Gerontol. 2015 May-Jun:(113):17-9. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2015.03.004.

[Article in French]

Authors

Coralie Jean, Catherine Tobie

PMID: 26144950
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2015.03.004

Abstract

The discharge of an elderly hospitalised patient is envisaged as soon as they are admitted and even before they arrive. When a request to admit a patient is submitted to the admission commission, the patient's living conditions and routines are closely examined, as they determine the conditions for their discharge and therefore indirectly the timing of the decision to discharge them

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English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Decision Making
Decision Trees
Geriatric Assessment*
Humans
Patient Discharge*