Human Service Practice with the Elderly. By Marion L. Beaver. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Working with the Elderly in Their Residences. By Dean Tjosvold and Mary M. Tjosvold. New York and Older Americans in the Reagan Era: Impacts of Federal Policy Changes. By James R. Storey. Washington, D.C.

Social Work ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan I. Kosberg
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Federal Policy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Reagan Era

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Hammond ◽  
Olivia S. Mitchell ◽  
Stephen P. Utkus
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Population ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Financial Advice ◽  
Financial Decision Making ◽  
Financial Decision

By the end of the next decade, the number of older Americans will have grown rapidly, but half if not more of the elderly will suffer from cognitive deficits after the age of 80. This volume explores how financial decision making changes at older ages, how and when financial advice can be useful for the older population, and what solutions and opportunities are needed to resolve the likely problems that will arise.

scholarly journals Decreasing Emergency Room Utilization in High Risk Geriatric Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Shamsi Fani ◽  
Lizette Munoz ◽  
Susana Lavayen ◽  
Blair McKenzie ◽  
Audrey Chun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mount Sinai Hospital ◽  
Status Change ◽  
Community Paramedicine ◽  
Ed Visits

Abstract Background: The Acute Life Interventions Goals & Needs Program (ALIGN) at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City aims to work closely with high risk geriatric patients for short term intensive management of acute medical and social issues. Quantitative measures for determining success of the program is comparing emergency room visits and hospitalizations prior to and after enrollment with ALIGN. The Community Paramedicine service allows a paramedic, the ALIGN provider, and an emergency room physician to assess and triage patients in their home via video conference thereby avoiding ED visits for non-urgent services. Method: We reviewed the utilization of the Community Paramedicine service (from July 2017-February 2020) and its impact on ALIGN’s efforts to reduce unnecessary ED visits and hospitalizations. Results: 36 patients were evaluated with the Community Paramedicine service (from July 2017-February 2020). 19 or 52.8% avoided an ED visit and 17 or 47.2% were transported to the ED. 12 or 70.6% were admitted to the hospital of those that were transported to the ED initially. Top reasons for transport to ED included generalized weakness, acute mental status change (AMS), and shortness of breath (SOB). Conclusions: A Community Paramedicine program utilized by a high risk geriatrics team like ALIGN is effective in reducing ED visits and hospitalizations for the elderly population who incur greater expenses to the health care system and traditionally have poorer health outcomes.

HIV and the Elderly

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 362-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan L. Linsk
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Blood Transfusions ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Support Family

A substantial and increasing number of people have developed HIV infections in their later years, most associated with male-to-male sexual contact or blood transfusions, although transmission also occurs through substance users and unsafe heterosexual activity. Human service practitioners need to become sensitive to the needs of elderly people and their families who are affected by HIV/AIDS. Prevention may be incorporated as part of initial engagement and assessment of elderly persons, and service packages may be developed for older persons who are infected or provide care for HIV-infected persons. Issues of confidentiality, social support, family care, and nondiscrimination are critical concerns in serving this population.

Risk Factors Associated With Rehospitalization in the Elderly Using Chart-Abstracted Data and the New York State Patient Data System

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Lascher ◽  
Dionesia Mamais ◽  
Samir Ahmed Qasim ◽  
Robert Lin ◽  
Ariel Teitel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Patient Data ◽  
Data System ◽  
York State ◽  
Factors Associated
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