A protocol to determine the acceptability and feasibility of a pilot intervention emergency department virtual observation unit fall prevention program

Autor: Abigail E. Jones, Maura Kennedy, Emily M. Hayden, Kei Ouchi, Kalpana N. Shankar, Anita Chary, Angel Li, Kara Mc Loughlin, Benjamin White, Esteban Franco-Garcia, Vanessa Dellheim, Shan W. Liu

Publikováno v: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)

Abstract Background As a third of all community dwellers aged 65+ fall each year, falls are common reasons for older adults to present to an Emergency Department (ED). Although EDs should assess patients’ multifactorial fall risks to prevent future

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Trends and Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults, 2003–2010

Autor: Kalpana N. Shankar, Shan W. Liu, David A. Ganz

Publikováno v: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 5 (2017)

Introduction: One third of older adults fall each year, and falls are costly to both the patient in terms of morbidity and mortality and to the health system. Given that falls are a preventable cause of injury, our objective was to understand the cha

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High touch, high trust: Using community health advocates and lawyers to address ED high utilizers

Autor: Kalpana N, Shankar, Julianne N, Dugas, JoHanna, Flacks, Megan Cole, Brahim, Samantha, Morton, Thea, James, Patricia, Mitchell

Publikováno v: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 60:171-176

Emergency department (ED) high utilizers are a costly group of patients due to their higher utilzation of acute care costs. At a safety-net hospital, we enrolled patients in a program which partnered with lawyers and community health advocates (CHAs)

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2022.07.049

Exploring Older Adult ED Fall Patients’ Understanding of Their Fall: A Qualitative Study

Autor: Shan W. Liu, Kalpana N. Shankar, Devon Taylor, Caroline T. Rizzo

Publikováno v: Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, Vol 8 (2017)
Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Objective: We sought to understand older patients’ perspectives about their fall, fall risk factors, and attitude toward emergency department (ED) fall-prevention interventions. Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews between July 2015 and

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https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458517738440

Trends and Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults, 2003-2010

Autor: David A. Ganz, Shan W. Liu, Kalpana N. Shankar

Publikováno v: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Shankar, Kalpana N.; Ganz, David A.; & Liu, Shan W.(2017). Trends and Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults, 2003-2010. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18(5). doi: 10.5811/westjem.2017.5.33615. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/85q7t11v
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 5 (2017)

Introduction: One third of older adults fall each year, and falls are costly to both the patient in terms ofmorbidity and mortality and to the health system. Given that falls are a preventable cause of injury, ourobjective was to understand the chara

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28874929