title: Linking the elderly to community services.
abstract: Sometimes, the only contact elderly patients have with outside medical services is through the EMS network. Find out how one city uses prehospital providers to link these patients with community services tailored to their needs.
authors: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.
authors: L W
authors: LW
authors: Gerson
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Hoover
authors: S
authors: S
authors: McCoy
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Palmisano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009820:Ohio; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012944:Social Support