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Acute care for the elderly, ACE team provides consults

Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE Team)

University Hospital's ACE Team, (Acute Care for the Elderly), is implemented through SUNY Upstate's Department of Geriatrics Program. It is a multi-disciplinary in-patient consult team at the Downtown Campus.

The ACE Team is comprised of a geriatrician, geriatric nurse practitioner or physician assistant, a social worker and pharmacy staff member who will perform initial consults on the patient and contact the patient's primary medical team with suggestions on patient care.

"ACE's goal is to intervene and improve patient care as soon as the patient is admitted. We also hope to reduce the their length of hospital stay and the decline of physical function that sometimes happens when older patients are admitted to the hospital."

Dr. Sharon Brangman,
Department Chief of Geriatric Medicine

According to Sharon A. Brangman, MD, the ACE team will provide mandatory consults on University Hospital patients aged 75 years or older who have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, including all dementias, and/or who are admitted from a nursing home. "ACE's goal is to intervene and improve patient care as soon as the patient is admitted," said Dr. Brangman, head of the geriatric department at University Hospital who will direct the team. "We also hope to reduce the patient's length of hospital stay and the decline of physical function that sometimes happens when older patients are admitted to the hospital."

The ACE Team draws on the expertise of a multidisciplinary team including:

  • Geriatricians
  • Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants
  • Geriatric Fellows
  • Pharmacist
  • Social Worker
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