Adapting the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) model to your hospital

摘要

As part of my 2012 - 2013 sabbatical from York University in Toronto, Canada, I traveled to New York University (NYU) to learn about the great work being done in the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) program, and to explore future research collaborations with Dr. Marie Boltz and Dr. Elizabeth Capezuti. As a nurse who conducts research on bed rest in Complex Continuing Care (CCC) facilities in Canada, which are similar to Skilled Nursing facilities in the United States (US), I found NICHE hospitals to be an exciting stop on my journey of designing, evaluating and translating function-focused interventions to improve hospital care and outcomes for older adults.