GEDC Webinar Recording: Models of Nurse-Led Geriatric Case Management

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The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) held a webinar on October 19, "Models of Nurse-Led Geriatric Case Management."

The goals of the webinar were to:

  • Describe strategies for establishing the role of Geriatric ED Case Management both in individual hospitals and across systems
  • Offer pragmatic tips on how to get a Geriatric ED Case Management role started, including funding and metrics for success
  • Present the range of activities performed by Case Management in the Geriatric ED and how to build it into ED workflow
  • Examine different models of Geriatric ED Case Management – large systems, community and academic settings, alternative models

Panelists included:

  • David Ryan, Creator and former Director of GEM Network Regional Geriatric Program of Ontario
  • Pamela Martin, Program Director of the Geriatric ED at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Virginia
  • Lisa Entringer, Geriatric ED Nurse at Advocate Aurora Sheboygan Hospital, Wisconsin
  • Colleen McQuown, Veterans Administration Geri VET – an alternate model using returned military medical technicians

To watch the webinar recording and to access the presentation, click here.
To go to GEDC's website, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support of the GEDC, click here.