Embedding comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency assessment unit: the impact of the COPE zone

We introduced a geographically embedded frailty unit, the comprehensive older person’s evaluation ‘COPE’ zone within our emergency assessment unit (EAU). We collated data for all medical patients over 75 years admitted non-electively for one month before and after this service change. Significantly...

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Published in:Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2016-02, Vol.16 (1), p.19-24
Main Authors: Taylor, Joanne K, Gaillemin, Oliver S, Pearl, Amy J, Murphy, Sean, Fox, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
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acute medicine
comprehensive geriatric assessment
Frailty unit
older people
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Summary:We introduced a geographically embedded frailty unit, the comprehensive older person’s evaluation ‘COPE’ zone within our emergency assessment unit (EAU). We collated data for all medical patients over 75 years admitted non-electively for one month before and after this service change. Significantly more patients were seen by a geriatrician on the EAU earlier in their admission in 2014 (33.4 vs 19.3%, p
ISSN:1470-2118
1473-4893
DOI:10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-19