Hospital Care for the Elderly

NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health SystemsElders)
http://www.nicheprogram.org/
NICHE is a national geriatric nursing program comprising more than 200 hospitals in more than 40 states as well as parts of Canada.

Functional Decline in Hospitalized Elders
http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=620483 (AJN, January, 2006)

Recognition of Dementia in Hospitalized Elders
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/finRecog.pdf
Video: http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=764031
Article: http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=762396 (AJN, January 2008)

Communication Difficulties in Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia
http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=776481 (AJN, March 2008)

Monitoring Functional Status of Hospitalized Older Adults
http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=781870 (AJN, April 2008)

Assessing Family Preferences for Participation in Care for Hospitalized Older Adults
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue22.pdf

The Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue13_cam_icu.pdf

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