Please note as of November 15th, 2024: JGEM is no longer accepting new submissions.
The mission of JGEM is to improve emergency health care for older adults by providing an open-access, peer-reviewed, quality education and dissemination platform giving providers in all disciplines the evidence they need to enhance emergency care for older adults. JGEM is the unique repository for all providers of geriatric emergency care including emergency nurses, emergency physicians, emergency services, geriatricians, pharmacists, primary care providers, physical therapists, psychiatrists, social services, care managers, and surgeons. Older adult emergency care is complex and often requires a team approach, referral, and follow-up. As the centralized repository for the many providers supporting excellence in older emergency care JGEM informs and connects these many disciplines in the provision of evidence based excellent and coordinated care needed for this population from an emergency care perspective.
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Recent Content
Epidemiology of Older Patients Presenting to Irish Emergency Departments: A Subgroup Analysis of the EGERS Dataset
Sean Croughan, Arina Kruis Dr, Kelly Ann Catherine Janssens Dr, Pro Mukerjee Dr, Denys Shchetkovskyy Dr, Áine Mitchell Dr, Mehmet Akif Karamercan Dr, Zerrin Defne Dundar Dr, Anna Slagman Dr, Effie Polyzogopoulou Dr, Sandor Somodi Dr, Andrea Fabbri Dr, Lars Peter Bjornsen Dr, Wilma Beetge, Said Laribi, Rebecca Ann Sealy, Visnja Nesek Adam, Comfort Adedokun Dr, Lucy Gibbons, Pamela O’Brien, Jessica Lynch Dr, Laura Kenny, Conor Deasy Dr, John Ryan Dr, David Menzies Dr, John Cronin Dr, Vijay Narayanan Dr, Nurali Noorani Dr, Waslet Bakhshi Dr, Ahmed Al Rasheed Ahmed Dr, and Rosa McNamara Dr (Original Research)
After-hours, Severity, and Distance Are Associated with Non-VHA Emergency Department Use for Older Veterans: Insights from a Regional Health Information Exchange
Elina Kurkurina, Kimberly M. Judon, Ula Hwang, Kenneth S. Boockvar, Juan Wisnivesky, and Matthew R. Augustine (Original Research)
Delirium Screening Practices For Older Adults In Emergency Departments Across United States: A Scoping Review
Azmat Sidhu, Joy K. Luzingu, Sheneil Agyemang, Arushi M. Chalke, Grace M. Leito, Joseph A. Molina, Zhao Chen, Deborah Jean McClelland, Nimit Agarwal, Leah Steckler, and Angela Wu (Review Article)
Top 7 Things to Know About Frailty in the Emergency Department
Brandon J. Bukovitz (Topic Supplement)
Cultivating a Career in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Shan W. Liu, Angel Li, Kei Ouchi, Carolina Diniz Hooper, Esteban Franco Garcia, and Wendy C. Coates (Topic Supplement)
Utilization patterns in frailty: don’t miss the forest for the trees
Kathryn E. Callahan (Collective Wisdom: Editorial)
Prevalence of Serious Diagnoses and Disposition among Older Adults Presenting with a Chief Complaint of Constipation, a Retrospective Repeated Cross-sectional Study
Ari B. Friedman, Michael N. Adjei-Poku, Rachel Gonzales, Rachel Kelz, Rachel R. Wu, and Anne R. Cappola (Original Research)
Integrating Geriatric House Call Practice into Paramedic Education: A Novel Educational Approach on Attitudes and Acceptance
Phillip D. Magidson, Mariah L. Robertson, Robby May, Mattan Schuchman, Eric Garfinkel, and Matthew J. Levy (Original Research)
AGEM Topic Supplement: Strategies for Inclusion of Diverse Older Adults in Emergency Medicine Research
Annika R. Bhananker, Michelle Suh, Debra F. Tomasino, Kayla P. Carpenter, Ula Hwang, Christopher R. Carpenter, Sumin Yoon, Dowin Boatright, Cassandra Bradby, Jeffrey Caterino, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Elizabeth M. Goldberg, Maura Kennedy, Shan Liu W, Edgardo Ordonez, Tony Rosen, Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow, Manish Shah, and Anita N. Chary (Topic Supplement)
Assessing the Usability of iPREPARED: an Application-Based, Non-Pharmacological Delirium Prevention Intervention
Luke S. Sztajnkrycer, Ian Ward Maia, Heidi Lindroth, Kayla P. Carpenter, Derek Vanmeter, Samantha Gracia, Grace Herbeck, Aidan Mullan, Molly M. Jeffery, and Fernanda Bellolio (Brief Report)
Designing a Best Possible Caregiver History to Facilitate Disposition Planning for Older Adults in Emergency Departments
Karen de Sola-Smith, Matthew Growdon, Anita N. Chary, Jennifer D. Portz, and Kenneth Lam (Original Research)
Heat-Related Emergencies in the Older Adult
Michelle I. Suh (Topic Supplement)
Emergency Care for Patients on Amyloid-Targeting Therapies in Alzheimer's Disease
Thomas K. Hagerman, Michelle Suh, Gayatri Devi, Jennifer Sutherland, Gloria Chiang, Don Melady, Kevin Biese, and Maura Kennedy (Topic Supplement)
Frailty Explains Variation in Emergency Department Use for Older Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Justine Seidenfeld, Karen M. Stechuchak, Valerie A. Smith, Catherine Stanwyck, Chelsea Perfect, Courtney Van Houtven, and Susan Nicole Hastings (Original Research)
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Journal Club: Strategies for Success in Geriatric Emergency Medicine Research
Priyank Bhatnagar, Lauren Southerland, Ula Hwang, and Jacques Lee (Journal Club)
