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Prevention of Hazards of Hospitalization

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Older adults can be profoundly impacted by the hazards of hospitalization. Frailty, cognitive impairment, sensory impairment, and multiple comorbid conditions combine to decrease the body’s compensatory capacity. Individualized treatment plans incorporate understanding of the patient’s baseline function and chronic conditions, the acute illness, and healthcare goals. Hazards of hospitalization can be prevented with sensory and social stimulation, mobilization, optimal nutrition and hydration, assessments of elimination and excretion, healthy sleep hygiene, appropriate prescribing, pain control, good communication, and early discharge planning.

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