biostudies-literatureMudge AMNIA NIH HHS274-282https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8749692biostudies-literatureUnknown182(3)<h4>Importance</h4>Hospital-associated complications of older people (HAC-OPs) include delirium, hospital-associated disability, incontinence, pressure injuries, and falls. These complications may be preventable by age-friendly principles of care, including early mobility, good nutrition and hydration, and meaningful cognitive engagement; however, implementation is challenging.<h4>Objectives</h4>To implement and evaluate a ward-based improvement program ("Eat Walk Engage") to more consistently deliver age-friendly principles of care to older individuals in acute inpatient wards.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This cluster randomized CHERISH (Collaboration for Hospitalised Elders Reducing the Impact of Stays in Hospital) trial enrolled 539 consecutive inpatients aged 65 years or oJAMA internal medicineEffect of a Ward-Based Program on Hospital-Associated Complications and Length of Stay for Older Inpatients: The Cluster Randomized CHERISH Trial.PMC8749692R33 AG071744Mudge AMYoung AKurrle SBanks MBlackberry IHubbard RLee-Steere KLim WKMcRae PHarvey GPandy SGraves NGreen TInouye SKBarrimore SEndacott JBarnett AMasel PfalseEffect of a Ward-Based Program on Hospital-Associated Complications and Length of Stay for Older Inpatients: The Cluster Randomized CHERISH Trial.<h4>Importance</h4>Hospital-associated complications of older people (HAC-OPs) include delirium, hospital-associated disability, incontinence, pressure injuries, and falls. These complications may be preventable by age-friendly principles of care, including early mobility, good nutrition and hydration, and meaningful cognitive engagement; however, implementation is challenging.<h4>Objectives</h4>To implement and evaluate a ward-based improvement program ("Eat Walk Engage") to more consistently deliver age-friendly principles of care to older individuals in acute inpatient wards.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This cluster randomized CHERISH (Collaboration for Hospitalised Elders Reducing the Impact of Stays in Hospital) trial enrolled 539 consecutive inpatients aged 65 years or o2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Mar2025-04-04T19:09:25.108Z2025-04-04T19:09:25.108ZS-EPMC87496923500626510.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7556