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‘Community emergencies’ and ‘social admissions’: so this is how we label and treat older adult patients in the emergency department?

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  1. The CAEP position statement on the care of older people in Canadian Emergency Departments (EDs) provides eight recommendations to improve the quality of care provided to older adult patients in EDs, including recommendations for interdisciplinary assessment, standardized approaches to common geriatric presentations, training and education, transitions of care, and quality improvement [8].

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ED:

Emergency department

NL:

Newfoundland and Labrador

CAEP:

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

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  1. Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada

    Kayla Furlong & Christopher Patey

  2. Discipline of Family Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada

    Kayla Furlong & Christopher Patey

  3. Carbonear Institute for Rural Reach and Innovation By the Sea, Carbonear, NL, Canada

    Kayla Furlong & Christopher Patey

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Dr. Furlong has received funding from a Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Junior Investigator grant and previous funding from the Carbonear Institute for Rural Reach and Innovation by the Sea (CIRRIS). Neither funding opportunity has influenced the content of this commentary. Dr. Patey is the Medical Director at CIRRIS. The relationship has not influenced the content of this commentary.

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Furlong, K., Patey, C. ‘Community emergencies’ and ‘social admissions’: so this is how we label and treat older adult patients in the emergency department?. Can J Emerg Med 25, 791–793 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00573-4

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