Providing Care to Older Adults

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• Overview of Geriatric Care
  • Health care settings
  • Geriatric Interdisciplinary Teams
    • Patient, family member, and caregiver participation
  • References

• Home Health Care
  • Reimbursement for home health care
  • Home health care alternatives to inpatient care
  • References

• Community-Based Adult Day Services
  • Reimbursement for day care
  • Reference

• Respite Care
  • More Information

• Hospital Care and Older Adults
  • Emergency Department Care
    • Communication among health care professionals
    • Disposition
    • Emergency department care references
  • Hospitalization
    • Improving outcomes
    • Hospitalization references
    • Adverse Drug Effects
    • Bed Rest Effects
    • Falls
    • Incontinence
    • Mental Status Changes
    • Pressure Injuries
    • Undernutrition
    • Transitions of Care
    • Discharge Planning and Transfers

• Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • General reference
  • Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nursing Home Care
    • COVID-19 pandemic and nursing homes reference
  • Supervision of Care
    • Supervision of care references
  • Hospitalization
  • Costs
    • Costs reference
  • Problems Related to Reimbursement
  • Nursing Home Placement
  • Selection of Nursing Home
    • Selection reference
  • More Information

• Residential Care
  • Board-and-Care Facilities
  • Assisted-Living Facilities
    • Assisted-living reference
  • Life-Care Communities

• Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

• Pharmacists and Older Adults
  • Patient adherence
  • Settings