Editors:
- Resource for developing and sustaining an ACE program
- Describes an important model of health care delivery
- Written by experts in the field of elder care
Part of the book series: Aging Medicine (AGME)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients. This model includes: an environment of care designed to promote improved function for older patients; an interdisciplinary team that works together to identify/address the vulnerabilities of the older patients; nursing care plans for prevention of disability; early planning to help prepare the patient to return home and a review of medical care to prevent iatrogenic illness.
Acute Care for Elders: A Model for Interdisciplinary Care is an essential new resource aimed at assisting providers in developing and sustaining an ACE program. The interdisciplinary approach provides an introduction to the key vulnerabilities of older adults and defines the lessons learned from the Acute Care for Elders model. Expertly written chapters describe critical aspects of ACE: the interdisciplinary approach and the focus on function. The fundamental principles of ACE described in this book will further assist hospital leaders to develop, implement, sustain and disseminate the Acute Care for Elders model of care. Acute Care for Elders: A Model for Interdisciplinary Care is of great value to geriatricians, hospitalists, advance practice nurses, social workers and all others who provide high quality care to older patients.
Editors and Affiliations
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Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA
Michael L. Malone
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Hunter College, New York, USA
Elizabeth A. Capezuti
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Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA
Robert M. Palmer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acute Care for Elders
Book Subtitle: A Model for Interdisciplinary Care
Editors: Michael L. Malone, Elizabeth A. Capezuti, Robert M. Palmer
Series Title: Aging Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1025-0
Publisher: Humana New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1024-3Published: 22 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1025-0Published: 21 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 259
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Primary Care Medicine, Nursing, Social Work