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Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement on care of older people in Canadian Emergency Departments: executive summary

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Acknowledgements

Collaborators of the CAEP Writing Group: Archambault, Patrick M.; Bhate, Tahara; Boreskie, Patrick E.; Forrester, Savannah; Ghandour, El Kebir; Goldstein, Judah; Gray, Alice; Loubani, Osama; Mercier, Eric; Mowbray, Fabrice I.; Ringer, Thom; Schonnop, Rebecca; Skappak, Christopher. Special thanks to the following for their consultative feedback: Chabot, Julia: Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, QC. Chochinov, Alecs: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, MB. Davis, Philip: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, SK. Harris, Brian: Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism, SK. Landry, Shan: Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism, SK. Lang, Eddy: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, AB. Lanoue, Marie-Pier: Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, ON. Lee, Jacques: Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, ON. Mackenzie, Isobel: Office of Seniors Advocacy, BC. McCusker, Jane: Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, QC. Ovens, Howard—Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, ON. Morch, Kristen: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC. Rourke, Josee—Patient/Family Advocate, QC.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, Canada

    Brittany Ellis

  2. Département de médecine familiale et de médecine d’urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

    Audrey-Anne Brousseau

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Debra Eagles

  4. Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Debra Eagles

  5. Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Douglas Sinclair

  6. Faculty of Medicine, Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Don Melady

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Ellis, B., Brousseau, AA., Eagles, D. et al. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement on care of older people in Canadian Emergency Departments: executive summary. Can J Emerg Med 24, 376–381 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-022-00315-y

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