[Inappropriate admissions of Ehpad residents to emergency departments]

Abstract

After a review of inappropriate admissions of residents of residential care facilities for the dependent elderly (Ehpad) to the emergency room, we propose ways to reduce them. They include giving the coordinating physician a clinical role, organizing continuity and permanence of care in all Ehpad, signing agreements between Ehpad and hospital for direct hospitalization and collaboration with mobile teams and geriatric hotlines, generalizing the level of medical intervention in Ehpad, and deepening the training of Ehpad caregivers in geriatrics.

Keywords: Ehpad; admission inappropriée; elderly person; emergency department; inappropriate admission; personne âgée; resident; résident; service d’accueil des urgences.