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Acute Care for Elders

A Model for Interdisciplinary Care

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Editors:
  1. Michael L. Malone

    1. Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA

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  2. Elizabeth A. Capezuti

    1. Hunter College, New York, USA

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  3. Robert M. Palmer

    1. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. An Introduction to the Acute Care for Elders

    • Michael L. Malone, Ji Won Yoo, James S. Goodwin
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Team Approach to Interdisciplinary Care

    • Maryjo Cleveland, Carolyn Holder, Ariba Khan, Aileen Jencius
    Pages 9-19

  4. Patient and Hospital Factors That Lead to Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Elders

    • Edgar Pierluissi, Deborah C. Francis, Kenneth E. Covinsky
    Pages 21-47

  5. An Overview of Hospital-Based Models of Care

    • Elizabeth A. Capezuti, Marie Boltz
    Pages 49-68

  6. The Acute Care for Elders Unit

    • Robert M. Palmer, Denise M. Kresevic
    Pages 69-95

  7. How to Develop, Start, and Sustain an Acute Care for Elders Unit

    • Ellen S. Danto-Nocton, Carolyn Holder, Rebecca Ramsden, Jonny Macias Tejada, Anita Steliga, Karen Padua
    Pages 97-116

  8. How to Disseminate the ACE Model of Care Beyond One Unit

    • Roger Y. Wong, Marsha Vollbrecht, Patti Pagel
    Pages 117-129

  9. How to Use the ACE Unit to Improve Hospital Safety and Quality for Older Patients: From ACE Units to Elder-Friendly Hospitals

    • Samir K. Sinha, Sandra Liliana Oakes, Selma Chaudhry, Theodore T. Suh
    Pages 131-156

  10. ACE Unit Business Model

    • Kyle Allen, Peter DeGolia, Susan Hazelett, Diane Powell
    Pages 157-174

  11. Models of Care to Transition from Hospital to Home

    • Ella Harvey Bowman, Kellie L. Flood, Alicia I. Arbaje
    Pages 175-202

  12. What Is the Role of Hospitalists in the Acute Care for Elders?

    • Heidi L. Wald, Melissa L. P. Mattison
    Pages 203-216

  13. How to Improve Care for Seniors in the Emergency Department

    • Soryal Soryal, Marie Boltz, Scott Wilber, Michael L. Malone
    Pages 217-231

  14. How to Improve Care for Older Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

    • Leanne Boehm, E. Wesley Ely, Lorraine Mion
    Pages 233-244

  15. The Future of Acute Care for Elders

    • Kanwardeep Singh, Michael L. Malone
    Pages 245-249

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 251-259
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Keywords

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

  • Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA

    Michael L. Malone

  • Hunter College, New York, USA

    Elizabeth A. Capezuti

  • 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

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