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2013/14 OVERVIEW
Staff2,562
Volunteers520
Outpatient visits
146,877
Emergency visits
52,444
Births2,898
Acute care beds
PROGRAMS & SERVICES
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24-hour emergency
ALS clinic
Alternate level of care
Ambulatory care
Child health services
Coronary care
Critical care
Day surgery
Diabetes program
Diagnostic services
Family medicine centre
Geriatric services
Healing Connections
Hyperbaric oxygen unit
Institute for Reconstructive Sciences
in Medicine (iRSM)
Intermediate care nursery
Maternity/Postpartum
Medicine
Mental health
Orthopedics
PARTY program
Psychiatry/Psychology
Social work
Spiritual care
Surgery/Anaesthesia
Therapeutic services
Urodynamics and Northern Alberta
Continence Service
Women’s health
Wound care
Founded by: Misericordia Sisters (1900)
Site lead: Jan Schimpf, Senior Operating Officer,
Acute Services
Medical Director: Dr. Robert Black
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MISERICORDIA COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL, EDMONTON
Misericordia geriatric team ensures elderly
receive full spectrum of care
The geriatric care team at the Misericordia Community Hospital is changing
how seniors experience care when they come to the Emergency department.
Since October 2013, Dr. Jed Shimizu and his team have been piloting a Geriatric
Evaluation and Management program, to identify seniors not coping in the
community and connect them with community supports and services.
As a Care of the Elderly Physician, Jed
explains that seniors often present to
the Emergency department without
having medical issues related to aging,
such as dementia and functional
decline, addressed. As part of the
Geriatric Evaluation and Management
program, the care team ensures this
vulnerable population gets directed to
the support they need.
“We are meeting unmet needs of
seniors coming into the hospital that
may not be coping great in their
community, but aren’t sick enough to be
kept in hospital,” says Jed, explaining
that follow-up care and community
supports, such as fall prevention and
seniors’ day programs, are pivotal
for success.
Jed Shimizu, Care of the Elderly
Physician, and his team have been
piloting a Geriatric Evaluation
and Management program in
the Misericordia Emergency
department, to identify seniors
not coping in the community
and connect them with supports
and services.
Emergency department transition co-ordinators screen patients 65 years and
older for geriatric issues such as cognitive impairment, mobility and falls, and
multiple medications to identify if they would benefit from geriatric intervention.
If these patients are identified as at-risk, they receive a comprehensive geriatric
assessment by the Geriatric Evaluation and Management team. This includes
medical, mental, psychiatric and functional assessments.
To date, the team has assessed over 300 patients.
Margery’s 77-year-old husband came to the Misericordia Emergency department
after he had taken a fall and suspected his hand may be broken. After seeing an
emergency room physician, he was referred to Jed for an assessment.
According to Margery, her husband had been especially forgetful
lately. “Going through this assessment and being reassured that
my husband’s problems were a mild cognitive impairment, not
Alzheimer’s or dementia, was quite a comfort. It was a big relief.”
Community Board Chair: Chris Ashdown
Supported by: Caritas Foundation
Address: 16940-87 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5R 4H5
Main: 780.735.2000
Patient information: 780.735.2881
November 2014
BE PART OF OUR TEAM!
For volunteer opportunities, contact Brenda Shim, Manager, Volunteer Services,
at 780.735.2753 or [email protected]
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