GER-E-TECH: Telemonitoring Project for Elderly Residents in Nursing Homes
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 15, Issue 2
Abstract
Elderly and very elderly people living in nursing homes are frequently being hospitalized, more often than not in emergency situations, and the number is steadily increasing. To combat this problem, the French government has implemented a policy to increase accommodation by building new nursing homes across most regions of France. Thus, the number of patients admitted to hospital emergency departments from nursing homes continues to grow year after year, particularly for people in nursing homes with little medical attention that have no night care nurses, and that often have very limited medical time (coordinating doctors). Nursing home healthcare staff must be given tools to limit the flow of these poly pathological older patients to Emergency Services - such as assistance in the prevention of decompensation of some geriatric syndromes to create a preventive policy and improve quality of life for the residents. Literature data supports this: transfer to Emergency Units cause increased rates of morbidity and mortality.
Authors and Affiliations
Zulfiqar Abrar-Ahmad, Kadri Nadir, Doucet Jean, Hajjam Amir, Andrès Emmanuel
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- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.15.002687
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