The study is part of the Precipitating Events Project at Yale, a long-term study of older adults living in the community. Senior US citizens that are sent to the emergency room and returned home are at more risk of disability and worsened health within the subsequent six months , according to Yale University research. Hospitalizations are already known to raise disability rates in older patients, but the the subsequent six months study on 700 older adults examined the aftermath of being discharged from the emergency department. The study found that the current medical care for newly disabled seniors is $ $26 billion in the the United States . The findings were that there were “significantly higher” rates of disability for those discharged than the control group, and that patients were more likely to enter a nursing home and die. The study concluded that improved assessments of function, the implementation of care transition coordinators and further geriatric specialists would help reduce risk.
Senior US citizens that are sent to the emergency room and returned home are at more risk of disability and worsened health within the subsequent six months , according to Yale University research. Hospitalizations are already known to raise disability rates in older patients, but the the subsequent six months study on 700 older adults examined the aftermath of being discharged from the emergency department. The study found that the current medical care for newly disabled seniors is $ $26 billion in the the United States . The findings were that there were “significantly higher” rates of disability for those discharged than the control group, and that patients were more likely to enter a nursing home and die. The study concluded that improved assessments of function, the implementation of care transition coordinators and further geriatric specialists would help reduce risk.