The admission of older patients with COVID-19 in the general wards

ABSTRACT

Some criteria and selection tools are, in a general line, useful for recognition of all elderly patients with COVID-19 disease. Furthermore, many organisations may influence this criterion such as WHO, scientific medical society, a single government or health ministers and hospital management systems. In this chapter, we analysed the requirements for admission of the elderly patients in a general ward starting from triage evaluation using the new proposed tool for the selection. The necessity of a comprehensive geriatric assessment with a holistic vision has been not so crucial as in this period. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.