the geriatric one-day hospital of the university centrum in liège, belgium

The geriatric one-day hospital of the university centrum in

Liège, Belgium

Dr Sophie Gillain, MD in charge of clinical activities in the geriatric daily clinic

Christel Menozzi, Senior Head Nurse

Working plan

• Legislative aspects of geriatric care (GC) in Belgium

• Financial aspects of the geriatric one-day hospital

• Every day organisation

• Our activity

• Guided visit and questions

Legislative aspects of geriatric care in Belgium

• Since january 2007, Geriatric plan of care (GPC)

– Each general hospital must have a GPC Or be associated with an other hospital

including these plan


• People > 75 years old

At risk of frailty

At risk of polymedication

At risk of non typical clinical presentation of the disease

At risk of modification of drugs metabolism

At risk of functional declin

At risk of malnutrition

At risk to present psycho-social disorders


• Each people ≥ 75 years old, hospitalized have to be assess to these risk role of the geriatric mobile team

• Older assessed as at risk have to benefit of the GPC


• Main goals of GPC– Adapted care– Best way to prevent functional decline– Best way to carry out rehabilitation as higher is

possible– Best plan of care after leaving geriatric department– Follow up– Discussion and plan with other caregivers

GP, Family members, Nursing homes, …


• Main tools to do that

1. Acute geriatric ward

2. Geriatric consultation

3. Mobile geriatric team in the hospital

4. Mobile geriatric team beyong the hospital Relation with GP, Nursing homes, Neuropsychiatric center

5. Geriatric one-day hospital

6. Multidisciplinary approach by organise by caregivers

Specificity in university centrum


• Caregivers of the multidisciplinary approach– Geriatrician (6 years more than general medicine)– Geriatric nurse– Physiotherapist– Psychologist– Ergotherapist– Nutritionist– Speech therapist– Social worker


• Obligation concerning organisation

Assume all different functions – Acute geriatric care unit, one day hospital, mobile team

Information transmission – To other specialists, GP, patients and families

Multidisciplinary meeting / week / function– Find a adpated consensus for each patient


Obligation concerning specialized

caregivers in the different functions of the GPC

Acute geriatric care unit (/ 24 beds)

•1 Geriatrician – Recommandations by SBGG and EUMS

•14.13 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) divided into

– 1 FTE Head nurse with a geriatric specialization

– Minimum 4 FTE nurse with a geriatric specialization

– Minimum 5 FTE nurse

– 1,33 FTE paramedical staff Neuropsychologist, Occupational therapist, Speech therapist

Mobile geriatric team

• Concerning patients ≥ 75 years hospitalized outside geritric care unit and assess as at risk

• Since 2007, funded as a pilot project: 4 FTE• 1.7 FTE nurse and 2.3 FTE paramedical caregivers

• Since 2014, structural financing: 5.75 FTE• Free distribution into different caregivers

Geriatric One-day hospital

• Pilot project

• Funded: 3 FTE 2 FTE Nurse

1 FTE Paramedical caregiverObligations to have: occupational therapist, physiotherapist,

neuropsychologist


Obligation concerning continued training

Geriatrician: – Ethical, Economical and Medical aspects– 20 points / year– 2 obligatory meetings / year

Nurses with a geriatric specialization 60 h/ 4 years

Working plan




• Our activity


Financial aspects of the one-day hospital

• Since 2007, financial grants allowed by the government

– Architectural obligations

– Medical and multidisciplinary care obligations Diagnosis and care Rehabilitation Only during the day Obligation to have geriatrician, nurse, neuropsychologist,

occupational therapist and physiotherapist Possibility to consult: nutritionist, social worker, speech

therapist

– Annual report of activities

Financial aspects of the one-day hsopital

• Our classical financial support is related to– Only two multisciplinary assessment per year

For two differents reasons – All visit as a medical consultation– Some administrative tasks

Ask the reimbursement of specific drugs

• Our special financial support is calculated on the number of multidisciplinary assessment done

Working plan




• Our activity


Every day organisation

• Our location– Brull, outpatients medical center of CHU of Liège– All medical competences available– Close to the memory clinic and neurologist– Laboratory on the highest floor– Imagery center on the first floor

– Main limitations Not close to the acute hospital

– Caregivers physicaly separated from the rest of the team

Restricted access and parking Misunderstanding for patients


• Caregivers– 2 Geriatricians

Pr Petermans, head of geriatric department Dr Gillain, MD

– Team of nurses 2 one-day specific nurses 4 additional nurses from the acute care unit 2 nurses in training

Able to assume all functions of the GPC– One-day hospital, acute geriatric ward, geriatric mobile team

Allowing training and replacement


• Caregivers– Neuropsychologist

Alternating every 3 months

– Occupational therapist Alternating every 3 months

– Physiotherapist Team of two

Reason to come to

• From the GPs Cognitive disorders Falls Functional decline Loss of appetit and weight

• From the hospital Frailty detect during hospitalisation by the mobile geriatric

team – Emergencies department, medical or surgerical wards

Follow up asked by the geriatrician after hospitalisation in the geraitric ward because of need to be evaluated without acute illness

– Delirium during infectious disease

Typical assessment

• First consultation with the geriatrician– Carry out the multisciplinary approach

• Second visit to benefit to the complete assessment– Complete multidisciplinary assessment– Design care and/or rehabilitation

• First follow up after 3 months

• Follow up / 6 month or / year

• In the same line with the GPs– We are the second line


• Role of geriatrician: First consultation– Anamnesis and physical exam

– Heteroanamnesis with family or neighbours

– Sometimes tools to detect frailty– MMSE, Clock drawing test, Gait test (dual task)

– Design the multidisciplinary evaluation– Organic tests: imagery, blood analysis…– Need of neuropsychological evaluation– Need of occupational evaluation– Need of physiotherapist– Need to evaluate ability to drive

– Write a report to the GP


• Role of geriatrician: Second consultation

– After the complete multidisciplinary evaluation designed

– Summary evaluations and physical testing

– Inform to the diagnosis

– Suggest specific treatment and care– Specific drugs– Specific rehabilitation programme– General advices concerning nutrition, physical activities, social activites

– Review of drugs and prevent polypharmacy and side effects– Suggest adapting helper (Social workers)

– Answer the questions of patient and family

– Write a report to the GP – Including the complete multidiciplinary assessment and suggestions

• Role of nurses– Plan the muldisciplinary assessment – Parameters

blood pression, cardiac frequency, weight– Geriatric scale

MNA, ADL, IADL, NPI, Water Test by Di Pipo, – If needed,

blood samples, ECG– If needed,

Heteroanamnesis with family but without the patient Inform the geriatrician of new data unknown

– Write a specific report for the geriatrician


• Role of Occupational therapist

– Evaluate the daily-life environment– Test vision and hear capacities– Give some advice concerning

Needs of help in IADL or ADL Needs of help concerning houseworks Needs of specific device to maintain autonomy

– Pill-box: explain interest and check correct use– Stringer socks– Personal alarm

Needs to adapt environment– Carpets, furniture, …


• Role of neuropsychologist

– Essentialy neuropsychological test asked by the geriatrician MMSE, MOCA, Mattis Clock drawing test, Trail Making test, Stroop Grober 16 or 64 items, CVLT Fluency tests Attentionnal tests

– Specific tests to assess neuropsychological ability to drive

– Less often: moral support To the patient and/or to the close relation

– Write a report for the geriatrician


• Role of physiotherapist

– Gait and balance test Grip strength and Gait speed Tinetti Timed up and go prescription rehabilitation Time chair stand test

– Assess fear and risk of falling and postural reaction

– Assess abilty to fall without danger and abillity to get up

– Check shoes and use of the walking stick

– Give specific advices

– Write a report for the geriatrician

– Specific rehabilitation (2/ week) Fallers / Parkinsonian / Demented person


Typical day

• Geriatrician– 4-5 new patients in the morning

First consultation– 6 patients in the afternoon

First multidisciplinary assessment Follow-up

• Other caregivers– Specific assessment asked by geriatrician and planed by the

nurse– In mean 6-8 assessments/day

• Physiotherapists (2)– 8-10 mobility assessments (new patients or follow up)– 10-16 patients in rehabilitation

Working plan




• Our activity


Our activity

• For patients and families– Only two days– Limitations to the staff

Because general lack of caregivers in Belgium Different places in charge of geriatric care in CHU

• For administrative works– One day more– Planning assessment– Papers concerning reimbursement of drugs

• 500 patients / an

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the geriatric one-day hospital of the university centrum in liège, belgium

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