{"id":1865,"date":"2025-02-19T19:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org\/annual-report\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2025-02-19T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:55:00","slug":"enhancing-quality-of-care-for-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org\/annual-report\/empirical-quality-outcomes\/enhancing-quality-of-care-for-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing quality of care for older adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW231519667 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW231519667 BCX8\">Geriatric Emergency Department Initiative (GED) <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW231519667 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW231519667 BCX8\">team has been working to enhance the quality of care for older adults in the Emergency Department by addressing their unique medical, psychological, and social needs. ED staff learned about delirium assessment (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW231519667 BCX8\">bCAM<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW231519667 BCX8\">), Timed Up &amp; Go (TUG) testing, and patient rounding. As a result of this amazing work in the ED, the Antioch Medical Center received the American College of Emergency Physicians Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Level II.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pictured above from left to right: <\/span>Robert Anderson, BSN, RN, CEN; Megan Adams, BSN, RN, CEN; Alexandria Beltram, ED Technician; Erin Ortega, BSN, RN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geriatric Emergency Department Initiative (GED) team has been working to enhance the quality of care for older adults in the Emergency Department by addressing their unique medical, psychological, and social needs. ED staff learned about delirium assessment (bCAM), Timed Up &amp; Go (TUG) testing, and patient rounding. 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