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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.

Indexed DOAJ JGEM is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and Google Scholar and is pursuing acceptance in PubMed Central and SCOPUS. Follow @JGEM_AAH on Twitter/X or click the blue "follow" button located in the top-right corner to receive weekly emails highlighting newly published content.


JGEM is currently accepting submissions in all article categories offered and does not charge article processing or open-access publication fees. Articles are published on a rolling basis and organized into quarterly issues. JGEM publishes 4 issues per year. Please read our Author Guidelines prior to submitting an article.

If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a peer reviewer, please contact Stephanie Steger, Managing Editor. stephanie.steger@aah.org


Recent Content

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Heat-Related Emergencies in the Older Adult
Michelle I. Suh (Topic Supplement)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Older Adult with Transplanted Kidney Failure from Ureteral Obstruction Within a Hernia
Joel Glotfelty, Hannah Grainger, and Christina Shenvi (Clinical Case Report)

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Bilateral Corneal Perforations Due to Elder Neglect
Jaclyn Jordan, Katherine Selman, and Richard Byrne (Clinical Case Report)

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Emergency Care of an Older Adult with Complex Care Needs
Muhammad Adnan Khan, Himika Dalia, and Michelle Dietz (Clinical Case Report)