Acute hospital care of the elderly: minimizing the risk of functional decline

Robert M. Palmer

Acute hospital care of the elderly: minimizing the risk of functional decline

Robert M. Palmer, MD, MPH
Robert M. Palmer
Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
MD, MPH

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
March 1995,
62
(2)
117-128;

ABSTRACT

CLINICAL ISSUES Between 25% and 60% of older patients in the hospital undergoing care for an acute illness risk some loss of independent physical function. This loss may lead to prolonged hospital stay, nursing-home placement, or death. The risk of functional decline is related to the hospital environment, as well as to the physical frailty of the patient, disease severity, and cognitive impairment.

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Robert M. Palmer

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

March 1995,

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117-128;

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