Keywords:
Caring for the Elderly;
activities of daily living (ADLs);
hospital in home (HIH) care model;
quantitative measure of treatment effect – number needed to treat (NNT);
comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA);
Hopkins' Verbal Learning Test and 7-minute screen;
ED patients (population) undergoing comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA);
Cochrane Library, MEDLINE and EMBASE;
Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE);
Modified Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Six-Item Screener (SIS)
Summary
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