ACEP accredits all of San Diego hospital ERs as ‘senior-friendly’
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2022
San Diego county is the first to receive geriatric emergency department accreditation for all of its hospitals from the American College of Emergency Physicians, officials say.
Emergency rooms see too many elderly nursing home residents, researchers say
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 31, 2013
A disproportionately high number of nursing home residents are being admitted to hospital emergency departments, and many of these admissions are potentially avoidable, according to recently published...