References - to support the OPERA Model of Care

Basic, D. Conforti, D and Rowland, J. 2002. Standardised assessment of older patients by a nurse in the emergency department. Australian Health Review. 25:4, 50-58.
http://www.aushealthreview.com.au/publications/articles/issues/ahr_25_4_120802/ahr_25_4_50-58.asp [link to abstract only]
Campion, E. 2002. Specialised Care for Elderly Patients. New England Journal of Medicine.
346:12, 874.
Chu, K. Brown, A and Pillay, B. 2001. Older patient's utilisation of emergency department resources: a cross sectional study. Australian Health Review 24:3, 44-49.
http://www.aushealthreview.com.au/publications/articles/issues/ahr_24_3_010701/ahr_24_3_44-52.asp [link to abstract only]
Cohen, H. Feussner, J. Weinberger, M. Carnes, M. Hamdy, R, Hsieh, F. Phibbs, C. and Lavori, P. 2002. A controlled trial of inpatient and outpatient geriatric evaluation and management, New England Journal of Medicine. 346:12, 905-912.
Creditor, M. 1993. Hazards of hospitalisation of the elderly, Annals of Internal Medicine, 118:219-223.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/118/3/219
Currie, C. 2005. Accident, emergency, or what. Age and Ageing. 34:1, 6-7
Downing, A. and Wilson, R. 2005. Older people's use of accident and emergency services. Age and Ageing. 34:1, 24-30. doi:10.1093/ageomg/afh214.
Gold, S. and Bergman, H. 1997. A geriatric consultation team in the emergency department. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 45:6, 764-767.
http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00004495-199706000-00018&LSLINK=80&D=ovft [CIAP link – requires CIAP access]
Lauren, D. Verreault, R. Lindsay, J. MacPherson, K, Rockwood, K. 2001. Physical activity and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly persons. Archives of Neurology. 58:3, 498-504.
http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/58/3/498 [Access is free after registration as a guest]
McCusker, J. Verdon, J. Tousignant, P. Polin de Courval, L. Dendukuri, N. and Belzile, E. 2001. Rapid emergency department intervention for older people reduces the risk of functional decline: results of a multi-centre randomised trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49:10,1272-1281
http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00004495-200110000-00002&LSLINK=80&D=ovft [Ovid password required. NSW Health can use CIAP access]
Mion, C. Palmer, R. Anetzberger, G and Meldon, S. 2001. Establishing a case-finding and referral system for at-risk older individuals in the emergency department setting: The SIGNET model. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49:10, 1379-1386.
http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00004495-200110000-00018&LSLINK=80&D=ovft [Ovid password required. NSW Health can use CIAP access]
Mudge, A. Larcay, S. Richter, K. and Denaro, C. 2006. Controlled trial of multidisciplinary care teams for acutely ill medical inpatients: Enhanced multidisciplinary care. Internal Medicine Journal. 36:9, 558-563.
http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00130554-200609000-00005&LSLINK=80&D=ovft [Ovid password required. NSW Health can use CIAP access]
Rockwood, K. 2005. An unsuitable old age: the paradoxes of elder care. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 173:12, 1500-1501.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/173/12/1500
Rockwood, K. 1997. Medical management of frailty: confessions of a Gnostic. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 157:8, 1081-1084,
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/157/8/1081