For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

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For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

Published: April 9, 2012

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Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly, part

of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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This is such good news! I recall two instances when my mother was taken to the

ER following a fall. Being transported was confusing enough but the ER

experienced heightened Mom's hallucinations and anxiety. Too many brights

lights. Too much noise from the PA system. Bells. Alarms. Gurneys going back

and forth constantly. Loud talk among staff. Yes, this was a busy ER but,

still, Mom was not given the same treatment (never mind special treatment) as

others who were younger and mobile. Glad to see this trend. Wish the skeptics

would try to look through the eyes of the patient, especially those with

dementia issues.

Best wishes,

Lynn in Florida

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> For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> Published: April 9, 2012

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> Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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> http://tinyurl.com/7ovcat9

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[Guest guest]

This is such good news! I recall two instances when my mother was taken to the

ER following a fall. Being transported was confusing enough but the ER

experienced heightened Mom's hallucinations and anxiety. Too many brights

lights. Too much noise from the PA system. Bells. Alarms. Gurneys going back

and forth constantly. Loud talk among staff. Yes, this was a busy ER but,

still, Mom was not given the same treatment (never mind special treatment) as

others who were younger and mobile. Glad to see this trend. Wish the skeptics

would try to look through the eyes of the patient, especially those with

dementia issues.

Best wishes,

Lynn in Florida

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> For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> Published: April 9, 2012

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> Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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> [...]

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> http://tinyurl.com/7ovcat9

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[Guest guest]

Even in the orthopedics ward, the noise, the lights, all the people going by are

a problem for my Mom. Although I don't know yet if LBD is the problem, she's a

light sleeper and when she is kept awake overnight, she's really confused the

next day. Fortunately she was moved to a private room recently.

To help with sleep, they were going to give her a sleeping pill. I was against

this, and in response, they've given her melatonin. Does anyone have experience

with this in confused seniors?

Our ER experience here wasn't so bad (we're in Canada). We had a room to hang

out in so we weren't out in the hall, watching everyone go by, etc. Not everyone

was so lucky.

We're into week four now since her hip surgery, and while she is sometimes

nearly herself, most of the time she isn't. I just got off the phone with her

and she's fairly agitated, wondering when she can leave (leave for the community

she lived in five years ago or longer), doesn't really realize where she is or

remember that she recently broke a hip and can't just get up and walk around.

For her, the next stop should be a 'restorative care' ward where they mostly

work on physiotherapy, getting people moving again. But with her confusion they

haven't moved her there. And it's just as well, since many of our healthcare

workers are preparing to go on strike in about two weeks if they can't settle

their differences. RNs and doctors are not affected, but all kinds of therapists

are, so she won't be getting up and walking every day if this strike happens.

Hopefully it will not. I'm disgusted that it's even possible for these people to

strike, leaving their patients lying in bed with no physio, etc., it will set

back many people.

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> > For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> > By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> > Published: April 9, 2012

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> > [...]

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> > Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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> > http://tinyurl.com/7ovcat9

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[Guest guest]

Even in the orthopedics ward, the noise, the lights, all the people going by are

a problem for my Mom. Although I don't know yet if LBD is the problem, she's a

light sleeper and when she is kept awake overnight, she's really confused the

next day. Fortunately she was moved to a private room recently.

To help with sleep, they were going to give her a sleeping pill. I was against

this, and in response, they've given her melatonin. Does anyone have experience

with this in confused seniors?

Our ER experience here wasn't so bad (we're in Canada). We had a room to hang

out in so we weren't out in the hall, watching everyone go by, etc. Not everyone

was so lucky.

We're into week four now since her hip surgery, and while she is sometimes

nearly herself, most of the time she isn't. I just got off the phone with her

and she's fairly agitated, wondering when she can leave (leave for the community

she lived in five years ago or longer), doesn't really realize where she is or

remember that she recently broke a hip and can't just get up and walk around.

For her, the next stop should be a 'restorative care' ward where they mostly

work on physiotherapy, getting people moving again. But with her confusion they

haven't moved her there. And it's just as well, since many of our healthcare

workers are preparing to go on strike in about two weeks if they can't settle

their differences. RNs and doctors are not affected, but all kinds of therapists

are, so she won't be getting up and walking every day if this strike happens.

Hopefully it will not. I'm disgusted that it's even possible for these people to

strike, leaving their patients lying in bed with no physio, etc., it will set

back many people.

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> > For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> > By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> > Published: April 9, 2012

> >

> > [...]

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> > Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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> > [...]

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> > http://tinyurl.com/7ovcat9

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[Guest guest]

I take melatonin with no ill effects but when we tried it with my mom

it gave her diarrhea, my brother also had this side effect so it's just

something to watch for.

Ellen

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> > > For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own

> > > By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

> > > Published: April 9, 2012

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> > > Yet this was an emergency room, one specifically designed for the elderly,

part of a growing trend of hospitals' trying to cater to the medical needs and

sensibilities of aging baby boomers and their parents. Mount Sinai opened its

geriatric emergency department, or geri-ed, two months ago, modeling it in part

after one at St. ph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., which

opened in 2009.

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