Community frailty response service: the ED at your front door.
Rosa McnamaraKerri DonnellyNichola BoyleDavid MenziesRebecca HollywoodElizabeth LittleEoin TiernanKaren DonohoeAidan DelaneyFionnuala DuffyEoin FeeneyShane O'HanlonPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)
We describe the expansion and adaptation of a frailty response team to assess older people in their usual place of residence. The team had commenced a weekend service to a limited area in February 2020. As a consequence of demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we expanded it and adapted the model of care to provide a 7-day service to our entire catchment area. Five hundred and ninety two patient reviews have been completed in the first 105 days of operation with 43 patients transferred to hospital for further investigation or management following assessment.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mental health
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- case report
- systematic review
- randomized controlled trial
- patient reported outcomes
- pain management
- health insurance