Acute Care of Elderly (ACE) - helps patients remain independent after a hospital stay. Using a patient and family-centred approach, seniors' experts create comprehensive geriatric care plans to support each patient's mobility and function while they are in the hospital. All ACE team members have specialized training in supporting the needs of geriatric patients
Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM) Nurses - Osler Emergency Department includes GEM nurses. These nurses:
assess patients to identify their health, functional, emotional cognitive and social needs
link seniors to community services
provide education to patients, their families and Emergency Department staff
support seamless transitions between the Emergency Department and community health care services