156 Dissemination and Implementation of Age-Friendly Care and Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation at Veterans Affairs Hospitals

Abstract

In 2018, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Offices of Emergency Medicine and Geriatrics & Extended Care partnered to improve acute, unscheduled care for older Veterans. The goals of the partnership were to create a VA core team to promote best geriatric emergency care practices via standardization, education, and Geriatric Emergency Department (ED) Accreditation (GEDA) through the American College of Emergency Physicians. The objective of this abstract will be to describe the current progress of GED implementation and dissemination at the VA.