title: 'Prehab program' can slow down functional decline in geriatric patients.
abstract: The following model was one of four recommended by Nurses Improving Care to the Hospitalized Elderly (NICHE), a national initiative designed to help hospitals prepare for the nation's burgeoning aging population. For more information on other NICHE models, see the January issue of Patient-Focused Care and Satisfaction.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009820:Ohio; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010351:Patient Discharge; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012149:Restraint, Physical