title: Intermediate care for older people.
abstract: Up to 40 per cent of older people do not go to hospital after calling an emergency ambulance and until recently were not referred on to any other community services. This article describes how a multidisciplinary working group developed and evaluated a protocol to enable older people to be referred to intermediate care services after calling an emergency ambulance. A total of 54 patients were monitored after referral to intermediate care to assess adherence to the protocol and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham.
authors.forename: Pip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stoner-Hobbs
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McCloughry
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Dwane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fitzsimmons
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gladman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000552:Ambulances; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007380:Intermediate Care Facilities; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*