[Geriatric assessment in the emergency departments of acute hospitals]

Elderly people use often and in an appropriate way the Emergency Department (ED). However, we don't dispose of evidences that demonstrate utility of a specific model of geriatric assessment (GA) applied in ED. Nowadays; GA in ED should be used being adapted to the environment and with some clear objectives that allow to carry out a multidimensional diagnosis and to establish therapeutic priorities. GA contributes benefits in the continuity of care on the part of the Primary Attention when elderly people are discharged from an ED.