P089: Reducing preventable patient transfers from long-term care facilities to emergency departments: a scoping review

Resident transfers from aged care facilities to emergency departments: Can they be avoided?

OBJECTIVE Residents from aged care facilities make up a considerable proportion of ED presentations. There is evidence that many residents transferred from aged care facilities to EDs could be managed by primary care services. The present study aimed to describe the characteristics of residents transferred from residential aged care facilities to EDs, and to evaluate the appropriateness and cos...

Correction to: factors affecting residents transition from long term care facilities to the community: a scoping review

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Shifting institutions: preparing for transfers from prisons to long-term care facilities.

Unplanned Transfer to Emergency Departments for Frail Elderly Residents of Aged Care Facilities: A Review of Patient and Organizational Factors.

BACKGROUND With an aging population, a growing number of older adults experience physical or cognitive decline that necessitates admission to residential aged care facilities (RACF). Each year a considerable proportion of these residents has at least 1 emergency transfer to hospital, which may result in a number of adverse outcomes. Rates of transfer from RACF to hospital can vary considerably ...

London Transfer Project: improving handover documentation from long-term care homes to hospital emergency departments

About one-quarter of all long-term care (LTC) residents are transferred to an emergency department (ED) every 6 months in Ontario, Canada. When residents are unable to describe their health issues, ED staff rely on LTC transfer reports to make informed decisions. However, transfer information gaps are common, and may contribute to unnecessary tests, unwanted treatments and longer ED length of s...