An Inpatient Geriatrics Program with a Focus on Any Type of Cognitive Impairment Reduces Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No matter what type of cognitive impairment an older hospitalized patient has, the risk of mortality is increased.

Objectives

To describe a hospital-based geriatrics program with a focus on any type of cognitive impairment and to determine whether this program was associated with reduced mortality over time.

Design, participants and setting

Retrospective chart review of all patients age 70+ admitted during a 3-year period (2017-2019, N=20,401), to a 500-bed community-based hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center and Stroke Center).

Intervention

A multicomponent geriatrics program was developed and implemented throughout 2018 and included: geriatric consultation, data collection, review of the data with hospital leaders, a geriatrics task force, clinician edu

SUBMITTER: Flaherty JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12275516 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature