Abstract
Editorial discusses and compares services provided for senior people at emergency departments and geriatric emergency departments.
Highlights
Considering the nature of the seniors health problems, they need medical treatments [12], in contrast, the younger groups mostly demand surgical cares when they refer to emergency departments (ED) [5]
As one third of the seniors admitted in EDs experience the same symptoms before they had admitted in EDs [23], they may return to ED after a short period of time being discharged home
These characteristics influence the approach to medical treatment and care, because seniors are more vulnerable than younger people
Summary
Senior people need special emergency cares, which are not extremely compatible with the current services provided at emergency departments (ED). How important is this issue as a priority in the health care systems? As people age, frequency of the visits per person at EDs increases [8]. The question is why the current emergency services providing in EDs are different from services in Geriatric Emergency Departments (GED). Some critical and considerable differences between EDs and GEDs are related to the physiological changes occur in the elderly as a period of life, such as decrease physiological capacities in vital human body organs and systems, including immune system. The other contrasts are to do with the design of ED buildings and services need to be compatible with these different needs
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