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Scerri, Anthony; Schembri, Patrick – Educational Gerontology, 2022
In view of population aging, more older persons are being admitted to acute hospitals. However, the level of care that older people receive is suboptimal. Nurses' negative attitudes and inadequate level of knowledge strongly influence the level of care. The study sought to explore medical and surgical nurses' knowledge and attitudes related to…
Descriptors: Nurses, Aging (Individuals), Hospitals, Older Adults
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Horvath, Kathy J.; Tumosa, Nina; Thielke, Stephen; Moorer, Julie; Huh, Terri; Cooley, Susan; Craft, Suzanne; Burns, Theressa – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
Clinicians experience great pressures to provide timely, effective, and evidence-based medical care. Educators can aid these clinicians through the development of new tools that can facilitate timely completion of clinical tasks. These tools should summarize evidence-based information in a convenient format that allows easy use. This article…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Dementia, Audiences, Disabilities
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de Stampa, Matthieu; Vedel, Isabelle; Bergman, Howard; Novella, Jean-Luc; Lechowski, Laurent; Ankri, Joel; Lapointe, Liette – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand better the clinical collaboration process among primary care physicians (PCPs), case managers (CMs), and geriatricians in integrated models of care. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study with semistructured interviews. A purposive sample of 35 PCPs, 7 CMs, and 4 geriatricians was selected in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship, Teamwork, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Emery, Erin E.; Lapidos, Stan; Eisenstein, Amy R.; Ivan, Iulia I.; Golden, Robyn L. – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of the BRIGHTEN Program (Bridging Resources of an Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Team via Electronic Networking), an interdisciplinary team intervention for assessing and treating older adults for depression in outpatient primary and specialty medical clinics. The BRIGHTEN team collaborates "virtually"…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Geriatrics, Depression (Psychology), Program Descriptions
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Clark, Elizabeth; Fitzgerald, James T.; Griffith, Jennifer; Weir, Charlene – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
Current geriatrics workforce projections indicate that clinicians who care for adults will need basic geriatrics knowledge and skills to address the geriatric syndromes and issues that limit functional independence and complicate medical management. This is most evident for the clinicians caring for veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Hospitals, Geriatrics, Veterans
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Lester, Paula E.; Sykora, Alzbeta; Wolf-Klein, Gisele P.; Pekmezaris, Renee; Auerbach, Charles; Feuerman, Martin – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
Previous research has been conducted regarding preferences of physicians for life-sustaining treatments for themselves, but there is a dearth of data on personal use of advance directives (ADs) by geriatricians specifically. Using a phone survey, we contacted all graduates of the geriatric fellowship program to assess their personal use of advance…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Graduates, Fellowships
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Lubart, Emily; Segal, Refael; Rosenfeld, Vera; Madjar, Jack; Kakuriev, Michael; Leibovitz, Arthur – Educational Gerontology, 2009
Medical care in nursing homes is not provided by board-licensed geriatricians; it mainly comes from physicians in need of educational programs in the field of geriatrics. Such programs, based on curriculum guidelines, should be developed. The purpose of this study was to seek input from nursing home physicians on their perceived needs for training…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Medical Education, Educational Needs, Seminars
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Beverly, Claudia J.; McAtee, Robin E.; Chernoff, Ronni; Davis, Gwynn V.; Jones, Susan K.; Lipschitz, David A. – Gerontologist, 2007
The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is addressing one of the most pressing policy issues facing the United States: how to care for the burgeoning number of older adults. In 2001, the Institute created the Arkansas Aging Initiative, which established seven satellite centers on…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Social Work, Rural Areas, Hospitals
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McCusker, Jane; Verdon, Josee; Veillette, Nathalie; Berg, Katherine; Emond, Tina; Belzile, Eric – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2007
Cost-effective methods have been developed to help busy emergency department (ED) staff cope with the growing number of older patients, including quick screening and assessment tools to identify those at high risk and note their specific needs. This survey, from a sample of key informants from all EDs (n=111) in the province of Quebec…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Staff Development, Older Adults
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Gratton, Brian – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1984
Reviews recent histories of geriatrics which suggest that early physicians contributed to the degradation of old age by labeling it a disease. Records of the Boston Almshouse Hospital indicated that assessments of the elderly's morbidity were prompted as much by doctors' desires for self-advancement as by the elderly's needs. (JAC)
Descriptors: Geriatrics, History, Medical Services, Older Adults
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Hesse, Katherine A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Examined knowledge of geriatric health policies of 154 physicians training in medicine, surgery, and psychiatry. Found a widespread lack of knowledge that could interfere with physicians' ability to use the health care system appropriately for patients' benefit and to function effectively as a gatekeeper to health care utilization. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Geriatrics, Medical Services, Older Adults
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Evashwick, Connie J.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1985
Surveyed a national sample of 416 hospitals to describe the range and frequency of services offered specifically for older adults and to identify characteristics of hospitals associated with particular services. The findings show that hospitals of all types throughout the nation offer a broad array of health and related social services for older…
Descriptors: Classification, Geriatrics, Hospitals, Medical Services
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Barolin, G. S. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1996
This discussion of geriatric rehabilitation stresses the importance of holistic and permanent rehabilitation with a fluent transition from the acute phase to the rehabilitation phase under one specialist's care and in one institution. Recommendations include mixed age groups in one ward; systematic education of relatives; follow-up rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Geriatrics, Medical Services, Older Adults
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Halbur, Bernice; Freeberg, Karen – Gerontologist, 1990
Survey of sample of members and nine-month study of all members of comprehensive geriatric program at one hospital revealed that surveyed members joined the program for its reasonable cost but continued with it because of good health care. Medical care and no claim forms or bills were two services surveyed members valued and used more. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Health Programs, Medical Services, Older Adults
Faye, Eleanor E. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1971
Visual functioning, treatment, and helpful low vision aids are discussed in relation to four major eye diseases of the elderly: cataract, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy. (KW)
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Medical Services, Older Adults, Ophthalmology
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