Acute care in a geriatric facility: five years at Baycrest Centre.
Although most long-term care facilities cannot always evaluate and treat their residents during acute, intercurrent illnesses, it is possible to design systems that allow for effective care without transfer.
Gordon
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Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto.
Cheung
M
M
Wiesenthal
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S
D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009864:Ontario; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011383:Progressive Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*