["Assure" program, to improve the management of emergency situations in Ehpad]

Soins Gerontol. 2023 May-Jun;28(161):24-27. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2023.04.008. Epub 2023 May 31.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The Assure approach (improvement of emergency care) is a project designed to improve emergency care for the 63,000 residents of homes for the dependent elderly (Ehpad) in the Ile-de-France region. By reinforcing the skills of caregivers in emergency situations and facilitating collaboration between care providers, the Assure approach is mobilizing, alongside all the Ehpad in the Ile-de-France region over a period of two years, the emergency medical assistance services, emergency physicians, mobile geriatric teams and nursing and care assistant training institutes.

Keywords: Ehpad; compétence; démarche assure; elderly person; emergency; insurance approach; personne âgée; skills; urgence.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Caregivers
  • Emergency Medical Services*
  • France
  • Humans
  • Nursing Homes*