[The mobile geriatrics team, global patient management].
The mobile geriatric team of Cochin hospital in Paris is responsible for the management and orientation of fragile elderly patients over the age of 75 admitted to emergency departments. It carries out a multi-disciplinary assessment, contributes to the creation of the care project and life project of geriatric patients and is involved in organising the patient's return home. This article focuses on the role of the social assistant through two clinical cases.
équipe d'intervention gériatrique, groupe hospitalier universitaire Paris Centre, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France. frederique.bach@brc.aphp.fr
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Bach
Frédéric
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Bloch
D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005602:France; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005853:Geriatrics; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration