Best practice interventions to improve the management of older people in acute care settings: A literature review

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Best practice interventions to improve the management of older people in acute care settings: A literature review

Aim. This paper is a report of a literature review of experimental evidence describing interventions to manage the older adult in the acute care hospital setting. Background. Older people are increasingly being cared for in a system largely geared towards acute care. This approach is often inadequa...

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Main Authors:	Hickman, L., Newton, Phillip, Halcomb, E., Chang, E., Davidson, Patricia
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2007
Subjects:	discharge planning communication acute care gerontology older people best practice - literature review
Online Access:	http://www.blackwellpublishing.com http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7768

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