title: The management of hip fracture in the older population. Joint position statement by Gruppo Italiano Ortogeriatria (GIOG).
abstract: This document is a Joint Position Statement by Gruppo Italiano di OrtoGeriatria (GIOG) supported by Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria (SIGG), and Associazione Italiana Psicogeriatria (AIP) on management of hip fracture older patients. Orthogeriatric care is at present the best model of care to improve results in older patients after hip fracture. The implementation of orthogeriatric model of care, based on the collaboration between orthopaedic surgeons and geriatricians, must take into account the local availability of resources and facilities and should be integrated into the local context. At the same time the programme must be based on the best available evidences and planned following accepted quality standards that ensure the efficacy of the intervention. The position paper focused on eight quality standards for the management of hip fracture older patients in orthogeriatric model of care. The GIOG promotes the development of a clinic database with the aim of obtaining a qualitative improvement in the management of hip fracture.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Unit, Department of Neuromotor Physiology, ASMN-IRCCS Hospital, Via Risorgimento 80, 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy, giulio.pioli@asmn.re.it.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pioli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mussi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tafaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Falaschi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trabucchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paolisso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000592:standards; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012955:Societies, Medical