Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM)
The Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM) Program has been operating at 8 Champlain region hospitals since 2008. Seniors who come to the Emergency Department are screened using a 2 stage process to identify those who are at risk and to determine who would benefit from a targeted geriatric assessment. The GEM Nurses can then refer the patients on for further specialized geriatric assessment and intervention, community and home supports and linkage with primary care.
GEM brochure -- English
GEM brochure – French
GEM programs are provided in the following hospitals in Champlain Region:
- Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital
- Cornwall Community Hospital
- Hawkesbury General Hospital
- Montfort Hospital
- The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus
- The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
- The Queensway-Carleton Hospital
- Pembroke Regional Hospital
- Renfrew Victoria Hospital