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Objective
To identify characteristics of older people referred for assessment of decision‐making capacity in the acute hospital setting.
Methods
A retrospective chart audit was undertaken for 98 consecutive medical inpatients referred for capacity assessments between February 2015 and August 2017 in an outer‐metropolitan hospital. The data were analysed using descriptive and univariate analysis...
Background
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a perioperative geriatric service (PGS) in an acute surgical unit (ASU) on patient and organizational outcomes.
Methods
Single centre retrospective cohort study. Inclusion criteria were patients over the age of 65 admitted to the ASU between January and June 2014 (pre‐PGS) and 2015 (post‐PGS). Chart reviews were performed to identify...
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