Geriatric UpdateRetrofitting an Emergency Department to Make it Geriatric Friendly☆,
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Please check with your local building inspector and state building codes before knocking down walls and making structural changes to your department! The authors
Joan Somes, Member, Greater Twin Cities Chapter ENA, is Educator, Regions Hospital EMS, St. Paul, MN.
References (5)
Emergency Department Geriatric Guidelines
Behavioral challenges: coping with wandering
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Frailty assessment and management in the emergency department
2022, Archives of Gerontology and GeriatricsAging Friendly Health Systems
2019, Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging
Joan Somes, Member, Greater Twin Cities Chapter ENA, is Educator, Regions Hospital EMS, St. Paul, MN.
Nancy Stephens Donatelli, Member, CODE Chapter, is Project Coordinator, Shenango on the Green, New Wilminton, PA.
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Joan Somes, PhD, RN-BC, CEN, CPEN, FAEN
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Section Editors: Nancy Stephens Donatelli, MS, RN, CEN(ret), NE-BC, FAEN, and Joan Somes, PhD, RNC, CEN, CPEN, FAEN