Frailty and its Implications for Care

To ensure that nurses in acute care are able to

1.  Describe frailty in hospitalized older adults.

2.  List complications associated with frailty in hospitalized older adults.

3.  Discuss the importance of early recognition of frailty.

4.  Develop a patient-centered plan for frail hospitalized older adults.

Family Caregiving

To identify viable strategies to monitor and support family caregivers.

Fall Prevention

1. Reduce preventable falls (accidental and anticipated physiological falls) and serious injury in hospitalized older adults.

2. Mitigate and eliminate multifactorial risks and causes of falls in older adults.

3. Implement fall prevention and management consistent with best available evidence, clinical practice guidelines, and standards of care that are age specific and population based.

Disorders of Sleep in the Older Adult

Older adults will maintain an optimal state of alertness while awake and optimal quality and quantity of sleep during their preferred sleep period.