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Geriatrics Assessment and Rehabilitation Inpatient Program (3D)   at
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Specialty: Geriatric Medicine
Connect Care Department: EDM GRH 3D GERI ASSESS & REHAB
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 1 month
Alberta Health Services - Edmonton Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
The Geriatric Assessment & Rehabilitation Program assesses and treats older adults with medical issues, helping them return to living in their community.This service provides:
  • Therapy to help you get better
  • Managing your medicines
  • Care from nurses
  • Help from social workers.
The Geriatric Assessment & Rehabilitation Program assesses and treats older adults with medical issues, helping them return to living in their community.This service provides:
  • Therapy to help you get better
  • Managing your medicines
  • Care from nurses
  • Help from social workers.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Patients over 65 years of age with geriatric syndromes (falls, frailty, delirium, dizziness, syncope, incontinence, atypical symptoms) that cannot be addressed outside of the GRH and requires complex care (i.e. detailed investment to a holistic approach of care for the patient). Clients must be:
  • Medically Stable* & present with stable co-morbidities 
    *e.g: maintaining acceptable oxygen saturations during walking with no increased shortness of breath, no more than 2L of oxygen, vital signs stable, hemodynamically stable, labs within normal limits, no active oncology Tx, diagnostic testing complete
  • able to transfer acquired knowledge from day-to-day.
  • requires less than 2 people to mobilize (e.g.  during sit-to-stand and/or stand-to-mobilizez consistently with Nursing and rehab staff.
  • full or partial weight-bearing
  • stable wounds requiring no more than 30 minutes of nursing care per day and not affecting weight bearing. 

Other considerations that may be considered:

  • Under 65 years of age with geriatric syndromes
  • Medically stable (4L of oxygen or less, vital signs and labs are within the individuals baseline; patients with cancer have been approved by GRH Physician
  • Limited ability to participate due to temporary controllable pain that can be assessed and managed
  • Patients with end-stage renal disease and on dialysis may be considered as long as their rehab is not limited due to fatigue/disease process.

Not Acceptable:

  • Patients who meet acute care Medworxx criteria (ie. airway, close observation/protection, tubes/traction, injection/IV, vital assessments)
  • Medically unstable as determined by medical team
  • End-stage COPD.
  • End-stage heart disease.
  • Palliative/end-of-life
  • Receiving chemo and/or radiation
  • Progressive neuromuscular disorders with no rehab potential (i.e. ALS, end-stage Parkinson's)
  • Continuous bladder irrigation
  • Uncontrollable pain.
Patients over 65 years of age with geriatric syndromes (falls, frailty, delirium, dizziness, syncope, incontinence, atypical symptoms) that cannot be addressed outside of the GRH and requires complex care (i.e. detailed investment to a holistic approach of care for the patient). Clients must be:
  • Medically Stable* & present with stable co-morbidities 
    *e.g: maintaining acceptable oxygen saturations during walking with no increased shortness of breath, no more than 2L of oxygen, vital signs stable, hemodynamically stable, labs within normal limits, no active oncology Tx, diagnostic testing complete
  • able to transfer acquired knowledge from day-to-day.
  • requires less than 2 people to mobilize (e.g.  during sit-to-stand and/or stand-to-mobilizez consistently with Nursing and rehab staff.
  • full or partial weight-bearing
  • stable wounds requiring no more than 30 minutes of nursing care per day and not affecting weight bearing. 

Other considerations that may be considered:

  • Under 65 years of age with geriatric syndromes
  • Medically stable (4L of oxygen or less, vital signs and labs are within the individuals baseline; patients with cancer have been approved by GRH Physician
  • Limited ability to participate due to temporary controllable pain that can be assessed and managed
  • Patients with end-stage renal disease and on dialysis may be considered as long as their rehab is not limited due to fatigue/disease process.

Not Acceptable:

  • Patients who meet acute care Medworxx criteria (ie. airway, close observation/protection, tubes/traction, injection/IV, vital assessments)
  • Medically unstable as determined by medical team
  • End-stage COPD.
  • End-stage heart disease.
  • Palliative/end-of-life
  • Receiving chemo and/or radiation
  • Progressive neuromuscular disorders with no rehab potential (i.e. ALS, end-stage Parkinson's)
  • Continuous bladder irrigation
  • Uncontrollable pain.
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
Connect Care Specialty:  Geriatric Medicine
Connect Care Department:  EDM GRH 3D GERI ASSESS & REHAB
Connect Care Specialty:  Geriatric Medicine
Connect Care Department:  EDM GRH 3D GERI ASSESS & REHAB
URGENT REFERRAL PROCESS
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care facility.
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care facility.
EMERGENCY REFERRAL PROCESS
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care facility.
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care facility.
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Referral receipt to referring source within 7 days.
  • Wait list status update every 14 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 30 days.
 
PHONE
780-735-8820 (Intake)
FAX
780-735-7934
REFERRAL PHONE
780-735-8820
REFERRAL FORM
All inquiries can be directed to EDM.GlenroseReferrals@ahs.ca.  Please indicate Referral and GRH target program on the email subject line.  In the body of the email, please include patient name and ULI# and reason for inquiry.
All inquiries can be directed to EDM.GlenroseReferrals@ahs.ca.  Please indicate Referral and GRH target program on the email subject line.  In the body of the email, please include patient name and ULI# and reason for inquiry.
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Investigation Timing
Additional Details
Delirium
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Previous history & physical exam reports, lab reports - blood and urine, fall risk assessments, cognitive testing, drug levels, memory testing, cardiac testing, previous brain imaging
 
Within 3 months

Dizziness
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Previous history & physical exam reports, lab reports - blood and urine, fall risk assessments, cognitive testing, drug levels, memory testing, cardiac testing, previous brain imaging
 
Within 3 months

Falls
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Previous history & physical exam reports, lab reports - blood and urine, fall risk assessments, cognitive testing, drug levels, memory testing, cardiac testing, previous brain imaging
 
Within 3 months

Incontinence
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Previous history & physical exam reports, lab reports - blood and urine, fall risk assessments, cognitive testing, drug levels, memory testing, cardiac testing, previous brain imaging, urinalysis, post-void residuals, ultrasounds
 
Within 3 months

Management of drug regimen
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Nursing procedure
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Rehabilitation therapy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Social work/counseling surveillance
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Syncope
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Previous history & physical exam reports, lab reports - blood and urine, fall risk assessments, cognitive testing, drug levels, memory testing, cardiac testing, previous brain imaging
 
Within 3 months
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Tuesday: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Thursday: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Friday: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
Unit 3D
10230 111 Avenue NW
Edmonton Alberta
T5G 0B7
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
 
DIRECTIONS
Please go to the Glenrose Hospital Main Entrance, just off 111 Avenue (10230 - 111 Avenue) and check-in with the Information Desk/Admitting.
Please go to the Glenrose Hospital Main Entrance, just off 111 Avenue (10230 - 111 Avenue) and check-in with the Information Desk/Admitting.
 
PHONE
780-735-8820 (Intake)
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Accessible and public parking is available in the underground parkade and at designated surface stalls.  Pay-By-Plate parking is available.
Accessible and public parking is available in the underground parkade and at designated surface stalls.  Pay-By-Plate parking is available.
 
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
PARKING MAP
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

Accessible and public parking are available on designated surface and underground parking stalls.

Pay by plate parking is available.


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The locations listed have 3 background colors:
  • Green means the healthcare service@location has referral information attached to it.
  • Brown means the healthcare service@location never had referral information attached to it, or it has unpublished referral information.
  • Red means
    • IA changed the healthcare service@location's status to something other than Current
    • It was deleted if it is an ARD healthcare service@location.
Green  and Brown are always at the top of the list. These are the Healthcare Service@Locations with the status of Current.
The Red list at the bottom consists of non-current Healthcare Service@locations that once had Published referral information in the ARD.
If the referral information was never published in ARD the Healthcare Service@location will not show in the Red list.

The secondary purpose of the All Locations list is to allow ARD Administrators to recover (copy) referral information from the non-current Healthcare Service@Locations to ones that are current.

Common Scenario:
A Healthcare Service moves from one location to another. In this case the IA Healthcare Service@Location record will be made defunct (non-current) and a new Healthcare Service@Location record will be created with a current status. In this scenario the captured referral guidelines in ARD can become "orphaned" as they are not attached to any current IA healthcare service.

Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

Individual referral process
  1. Click on a non-current (Red) Healthcare Service@Location at the bottom of the All Locations list.
  2. The non-current referral info is displayed with the link Copy this Referral Process to another Healthcare Service@Location link on the upper right hand corner. Click on the copy link.
  3. Choose a current location (Green or Brown) from the All Locations list. This will be the Healthcare Service@Location you are pasting the referral info into.
  4. The system will display the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the referral info from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location you viewed in the first step.
  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
  6. Repeat these steps for each Healthcare Service@Location that needs attention.

Common referral process - 2 sub cases.
Case 1: At least 1 current Healthcare Service@Location with common referral info is with current status for this healthcare service; One or more Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations where replaced by new one.
  1. Click on any current Healthcare Service@Location whether it has referral info (Green) or not (Brown).
  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
  4. All locations will be updated with the common referral information, including all the locations that don't have referral info yet (Brown). The non-current referrals (Red) will also be updated.
Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

ADDITONAL NOTES:
  • The info icon after the All Locations drop down will be visible to ARD Administrators.
  • The system doesn't allow you to copy referral information from one non-current Healthcare Service@Location to another.

 

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