Life In The Slower Lane

The following is the list of references from Google Gemini. Note that none of the titles match the true articles precisely. They tend to “paraphrase” the title of the article or combine two studies.

1. Wallis, M., et al. (2022). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI) model for adults aged 70 years and over: a mixed-methods study. PLoS One. (Evaluates the GEDI model’s impact on outcomes like discharge rates, ED length of stay, costs, and mortality in two Queensland hospitals).  
   • Not one study but possibly two:  https://www.proquest.com/docview/2678201409?accountid=14723&pq-origsite=primo&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals
   • Or: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0992-z
2. Wallis, M., et al. (2022). Exploring the ways in which the Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI) model was implemented in two Australian hospitals: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. (Provides qualitative insights into the facilitators and barriers encountered during the GEDI model implementation).   
   • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588994X20300464?via%3Dihub
3. Memedovich, K.A., et al. (2024). Interventions initiated in the emergency department to address the needs of older adults: a systematic review. BMC Emergency Medicine. (Systematic review assessing various ED-initiated interventions, concluding limited evidence for reducing revisits and suggesting a need for strategies beyond the ED).  
   •  Notice the different title: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10835906/
4. Anand, A., et al. (2022). Positive scores on the 4AT delirium assessment tool at hospital admission are linked to mortality, length of stay and home time: two-centre study of 82,770 emergency admissions. Age and Ageing. (Large UK study demonstrating the feasibility and strong prognostic value of the 4AT delirium screening tool used routinely in emergency admissions).  
   •  https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/51/3/afac051/6548791?login=true
5. Davis, D.H.J., et al. (2024). Association between hospital delirium and subsequent diagnostic trajectory of dementia: cohort study. BMJ. (Large Australian study showing delirium as a strong risk factor for subsequent incident dementia, highlighting the long-term importance of ED delirium management).   
   • Note the author isn’t part of the study, and the title is different: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38537951/
6. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). (2021). Delirium Clinical Care Standard. (National standard mandating early risk identification, screening, assessment, prevention, and management of delirium in hospital settings, applicable from ED presentation).   
7. Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand (HQSC). (2023). Frailty Care Guides. (National guidance for New Zealand recommending standardized frailty assessment, recognizing disparities for Māori, and promoting multidimensional care planning).   
8. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). (2024). Transitions of care case study: Aged Care Emergency service. (Describes the NSW ACE service model, a nurse-led initiative providing triage and support to RACFs to avoid unnecessary ED transfers).   
9. WA Country Health Service (WACHS). (2023). Older Patient Initiative (OPI) Program Guideline. (Outlines the WA regional program for identifying at-risk older adults post-ED presentation and coordinating community support to prevent re-presentation).   
10. Pinnacle Midlands Health Network. Frailty Admission Avoidance POAC Waikato. (Describes the NZ primary care-led initiative using POAC funding to provide community alternatives for frail older adults, avoiding ED referral).   
11. Jamieson, H., et al. (2023). A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of a Deprescribing Intervention for Frail Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. (NZ study finding that pharmacist recommendations to GPs were insufficient to reduce anticholinergic/sedative load, highlighting challenges in passive deprescribing).  
    • Note different title: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-023-07336-7 
12. Jamieson, H.A., et al. (2023). PolyScan: development and validation of a primary care information technology tool to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults with polypharmacy.Journal of Primary Health Care. (Details the development and validation of an NZ IT tool to identify older adults with polypharmacy and PIMs for targeted medication review).   
    • Note different title that’s been paraphrased: https://www-publish-csiro-au.ap1.proxy.openathens.net/hc/hc23034
13. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). (2024). Evidence briefing on strategies to facilitate safer medication management at transitions of care. (Summarises evidence for strategies like medication reconciliation, pharmacist charting, and post-discharge reviews).   
14. Harrison, J., et al. (2021). Improving medication reconciliation completion rates: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality. (NZ study detailing a quality improvement project focused on improving the completion loop for medication reconciliation by doctors).  
    • Note different title https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34127451/
15. Victorian Department of Health. Falls prevention. (Web resource outlining falls prevention strategies and assessment tools like FRAT and FROP-Com used in Australian clinical practice).   
16. Systematic review: Fall risk prediction models for hospitalized older adults. (2024). BMC Geriatrics. (Concludes current complex prediction models have high bias risk and lack validation for clinical use).   
    • Absence of authors in title: https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-025-05688-0
17. Sweeny, A.L., et al. (2024). End-of-life care: A retrospective cohort study of older people who died within 48 hours of presentation to the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia / Age and Ageing. (Large AU/NZ study examining characteristics and outcomes of older people dying soon after ED presentation).   
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37914673/
18. LaMantia, M.A., et al. (2022). Interventions initiated in the emergency department to prevent or treat delirium: A systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. (Systematic review finding limited evidence for ED-initiated delirium interventions but highlighting potential harms like Foley catheter use).   
    • Different title: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35274738/
19. Hastings, S.N., et al. (2022). “They just said, ‘Go home’”: A qualitative study of older adult experiences after emergency department discharge. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. (Explores older adults’ perspectives on ED discharge, revealing communication gaps, lack of explanation, and feelings of unpreparedness).   
    • Author is fictional: https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.17950
20. Gettel, C.J., et al. (2022). Barriers to Emergency Department Discharge Care Transitions: A Qualitative Study of Care Partners of Persons Living with Cognitive Impairment. medRxiv. (Preprint identifying specific barriers faced by care partners of PLWCI during ED discharge, including poor communication and lack of preparedness).   
    • Possibly an amalgamation of references of above: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9518973/