A geriatric assessment unit has been in operation in a Canadian teaching hospital since
October 1979. In the first 15 months of operation there were 203 admissions involving 153 …

Geriatric units are being established throughout New Zealand, to provide a better standard
of care for the elderly. One such unit is described which was set up in the Princess Margaret …

This report describes functional status at admission, discharge, and six months later for 100
elderly persons treated at a community hospital assessment and rehabilitation unit. The goal …

A survey of geriatric services, Bolton County Borough, 1964. Cookies on CAB Direct Like most
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A prospective prognostic study of all admissions to a geriatric assessment and rehabilitation
unit was carried out which analysed the medical profiles of 205 patients admitted for the first …

Multidisciplinary geriatric evaluation units are being established in hospitals and, to a lesser
extent, as outpatient clinics. This paper presents results of a chart audit of 332 patients seen …

The development and management of a long‐term geriatric ward in an acute‐care teaching
hospital are described. Structure, function, and costs are discussed, and issues of service …

A Geriatric Intensive Treatment Unit was established in Binghamton State Hospital under the
Broome County Unitized Program. The aim was: 1) to rehabilitate newly admitted patients …

Reports of the rapidly increasing proportion of persons aged 65 years and more in Canada
and the resultant need for changes in the country's health care system prompted …

Fifteen years have elapsed since Thomson (1949) in the Lumleian Lectures emphasized the
plight in hospital of the elderly sick. Since then many reports have indicated the importance …