The Impact of a Geriatric Multidisciplinary Team in the Emergency Department

The care of geriatric patients frequently involves members of the multidisciplinary care team, including both primary medical staff and allied health professionals. Often, members of the multidisciplinary care team are mobilized after geriatric patients have presented to the emergency department and have been seen by a doctor. Mobilizing these resources sequentially in inefficient and can lead to delays in geriatric patients receiving holistic care early following their presentation to the emergency department. The goal of this observational study is to assess the impact of having a geriatric-focused multidisciplinary team (Geri-MDT) dedicated to the emergency department that can be mobilized easily and in parallel at the time of presentation. The main questions we hope to answer in this study are: * Does the Geri-MDT increase care efficiency by reducing the amount of time patients spend in the ED? * Does the Geri-MDT decrease the proportion of patients that are ultimately admitted to the hospital? * When patients are admitted, does the Geri-MDT reduce the length of stay in hospital?