Older Adults Visiting Emergency Departments for Mental Health Issues: A CHIRPP Database Study

It will be in the Casa del Adulto Mayor in Ramos Arizpe the commemoration of World Health Day focused on the elderly through a series of activities that convenes the Coordination of Libraries in the city. Haydé Aguirre Gutiérrez, head of the local library network in Ramos Arizpe highlighted that the activity is focused on that adults over 65 years of age come next Friday April 4th at a point of 4:00 pm at the Casa del Adulto Mayor, located at th…

Older Adults Visiting Emergency Departments for Mental Health Issues: A CHIRPP Database Study

Older Adults Visiting Emergency Departments for Mental Health Issues: A CHIRPP Database Study In 2018, 5.3 million Canadians aged ≥12 years reported needing mental health care.1 According to a 2017 survey, 1 in 5 older Canadians experienced emotional distress within the past 2 years, indicating that these issues are not limited to younger generations.2 Furthermore, a recent database study showed that older emergency department (ED) patients had …