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[Liaison geriatrics with nursing homes in COVID time. A new coordination model arrived to stay]. / La Geriatría de Enlace con residencias en la época de la COVID-19. Un nuevo modelo de coordinación que ha llegado para quedarse.
Menéndez-Colino, Rocío; Argentina, Francesca; de Miguel, Ana Merello; Barcons Marqués, Montserrat; Chaparro Jiménez, Blanca; Figueroa Poblete, Carolina; Alarcón, Teresa; Martínez Peromingo, Francisco Javier; González-Montalvo, Juan Ignacio.
  • Menéndez-Colino R; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España; Instituto de Investigación IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario L
  • Argentina F; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
  • de Miguel AM; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
  • Barcons Marqués M; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
  • Chaparro Jiménez B; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
  • Figueroa Poblete C; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
  • Alarcón T; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España; Instituto de Investigación IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario L
  • Martínez Peromingo FJ; Coordinación Sociosanitaria. Consejería de Sanidad, Madrid, España.
  • González-Montalvo JI; Servicio de Geriatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España; Instituto de Investigación IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Unidad de Geriatría de Enlace, Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario L
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol ; 56(3): 157-165, 2021.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1108647
ABSTRACT
Older people living in nursing homes fulfil the criteria to be considered as geriatric patients, but they often do not have met their health care needs. Current deficits appeared as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The need to improve the coordination between hospitals and nursing homes emerged, and in Madrid it materialized with the implantation of Liaison Geriatrics teams or units at public hospitals. The Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología has defined the role of the geriatricians in the COVID-19 pandemic and they have given guidelines about prevention, early detection, isolation and sectorization, training, care homes classification, patient referral coordination, and the role of the different care settings, among others. These units and teams also must undertake other care activities that have a shortfall currently, like nursing homes-hospital coordination, geriatricians visits to the homes, telemedicine sessions, geriatric assessment in emergency rooms, and primary care and public health services coordination. This paper describes the concept of Liaison Geriatrics and its implementation at the Autonomous Community of Madrid hospitals as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Activity data from a unit at a hospital with a huge number of nursing homes in its catchment area are reported. The objective is to understand the need of this activity in order to avoid the current fragmentation of care between hospitals and nursing homes. This activity should be consolidated in the future.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / COVID-19 / Geriatrics / Homes for the Aged / Nursing Homes Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study Limits: Aged / Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: Spanish Journal: Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / COVID-19 / Geriatrics / Homes for the Aged / Nursing Homes Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study Limits: Aged / Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: Spanish Journal: Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article