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Medical Crises In Older People: Cohort Study Of Older People Attending Acute Medical Units, Developmental Work And Randomised Controlled Trial Of A Specialist Geriatric Medical Intervention For High-Risk Older People; Cohort Study Of Older People With Mental Health Problems Admitted To Hospital, Developmental Work And Randomised Controlled Trial Of A Specialist Medical And Mental Health Unit For General Hospital Patients With Delirium And Dementia; And Cohort Study Of Residents Of Care Homes And Interview Study Of Health-Care Provision To Residents Of Care Homes, John Gladman, Rowan Harwood, Simon Conroy, Pip Logan, Rachel Elliot, Rob Jones, Sarah Lewis, Jane Dyas, Justine Schneider, Davina Porock, Kristian Pollock, Sarah Goldberg, Judi Edmans, Adam Gordon, Lucy Bradshaw, Matthew Franklin, Katherine Whittamore, Isabella Robbins, Aidan Dunphy, Karen Spencer, Janet Darby, Lukasz Tanajewski, Vladislav Berdunov, Georgios Gkountouras, Pippa Foster, Nadia Frowd
Medical Crises In Older People: Cohort Study Of Older People Attending Acute Medical Units, Developmental Work And Randomised Controlled Trial Of A Specialist Geriatric Medical Intervention For High-Risk Older People; Cohort Study Of Older People With Mental Health Problems Admitted To Hospital, Developmental Work And Randomised Controlled Trial Of A Specialist Medical And Mental Health Unit For General Hospital Patients With Delirium And Dementia; And Cohort Study Of Residents Of Care Homes And Interview Study Of Health-Care Provision To Residents Of Care Homes, John Gladman, Rowan Harwood, Simon Conroy, Pip Logan, Rachel Elliot, Rob Jones, Sarah Lewis, Jane Dyas, Justine Schneider, Davina Porock, Kristian Pollock, Sarah Goldberg, Judi Edmans, Adam Gordon, Lucy Bradshaw, Matthew Franklin, Katherine Whittamore, Isabella Robbins, Aidan Dunphy, Karen Spencer, Janet Darby, Lukasz Tanajewski, Vladislav Berdunov, Georgios Gkountouras, Pippa Foster, Nadia Frowd
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Background: This programme of research addressed shortcomings in the care of three groups of older patients: patients discharged from acute medical units (AMUs), patients with dementia and delirium admitted to general hospitals, and care home residents.
Methods: In the AMU workstream we undertook literature reviews, performed a cohort study of older people discharged from AMU (Acute Medical Unit Outcome Study; AMOS), developed an intervention (interface geriatricians) and evaluated the intervention in a randomised controlled trial (Acute Medical Unit Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Intervention Study; AMIGOS). In the second workstream we undertook a cohort study of older people with mental health problems …