Geriatric Inpatient Services

Geriatric Medicine: Leading the Pursuit of Excellence in Geriatric Healthcare

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Geriatric Inpatient Services

Our inpatient services include:

  • Hospital Primary Care

    We provide expert primary care services to help you manage your acute and chronic health needs during your hospital stay.

  • Consultation

    If you are hospitalized, our geriatric medicine specialists will collaborate with specialty physicians— including cardiology, orthopedics, surgery and psychiatry — to ensure you receive the highest quality care. We also offer emergency and trauma consultations.

  • Delirium (confusion) prevention and management

    As part of our efforts to address delirium in hospitalized patients, Hackensack University Medical Center implemented the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) in 2008. HELP is a comprehensive, evidence-based program that provides assessment and intervention for older adult patients to prevent and manage delirium should it occur during their hospitalization. Using HELP model, HackensackUMC created first disease specific certification in geriatric delirium in 2011.

  • Age-Friendly Health Systems

    This is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States. It’s a seven month learning community to make your health system age friendly. We are targeting Mentation, Mobility and Medications for this initiative.

  • NICHE designated hospital

    Our program has achieved the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) designation for its commitment to creating an elder-friendly patient environment through specialized, sensitive nursing care.

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To schedule an appointment or to learn more, please call 551-996-1140.

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