2024
Screening for cognitive impairment in the emergency department: agreement between older adult patient- and informant-completed Ascertain Dementia 8 tool.
Galske J, Sather A, Chera T, Hwang U, Carpenter C, Babcock M, Gettel C. Screening for cognitive impairment in the emergency department: agreement between older adult patient- and informant-completed Ascertain Dementia 8 tool. Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 39616991, DOI: 10.1159/000542895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAscertain Dementia 8Intraclass correlation coefficientEmergency departmentCognitive impairmentTrained research assistantsDiagnosis of dementiaClinicians providing careModerate agreementSuspected CIEmergency careOlder adultsAnalytic sampleResearch assistantsED patientsCareScreening protocolSelf-identifyEarly interventionDementiaScoresCorrelation coefficientDepartmentDyadsPatientsImpairmentDaily care hours among caregivers of older emergency department patients with dementia and undiagnosed cognitive impairment
Galske J, Chera T, Hwang U, Monin J, Venkatesh A, Lam K, Leggett A, Gettel C. Daily care hours among caregivers of older emergency department patients with dementia and undiagnosed cognitive impairment. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 3261-3264. PMID: 38970304, PMCID: PMC11461120, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19062.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Emergency Department-to-Community Transitions of Care Best Practices for the Older Adult Population
Gettel C, Hastings S, Biese K, Goldberg E. Emergency Department-to-Community Transitions of Care Best Practices for the Older Adult Population. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2023, 39: 659-672. PMID: 37798071, PMCID: PMC10716862, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2023.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentOlder adultsTransitional care management servicesPatient-centered outcome measuresCare management servicesOlder Adult PopulationED settingFunctional statusCare transitionsOutcome measuresAdult populationEffective interventionsIntervention implementationUnique populationSocial isolationAdultsRiskDepartmentCommunity transitionFuture effortsPopulationImpairmentCare
2022
263 Emergency Department Care Transition Barriers: A Qualitative Study of Care Partners of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment
Gettel C, Serina P, Uzamere I, Hernandez-Bigos K, Cohen A, Venkatesh A, Monin J, Feder S, Fried T, Hwang U. 263 Emergency Department Care Transition Barriers: A Qualitative Study of Care Partners of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 80: s115. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.08.290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency department care transition barriers: A qualitative study of care partners of older adults with cognitive impairment
Gettel CJ, Serina PT, Uzamere I, Hernandez‐Bigos K, Venkatesh AK, Cohen AB, Monin JK, Feder SL, Fried TR, Hwang U. Emergency department care transition barriers: A qualitative study of care partners of older adults with cognitive impairment. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 2022, 8: e12355. PMID: 36204349, PMCID: PMC9518973, DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare transitionsCare partnersCognitive impairmentMean ageOlder adultsED discharge processEmergency department dischargeCare transition interventionsHealth care systemAcute illnessED encountersAdverse outcomesCare considerationsOutcome measuresQualitative studyTransition interventionsScreening toolCare systemImpairmentAdultsAfrican AmericansPoor communicationRepresentative quotationsRecovery phaseStandardized guide