The Acute Care Consult Service is a resource for health teams at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) caring for hospitalized seniors with multiple health problems. The hospital doctor and health care team can make the referral. Our team communicates with the patient and his or her health care team about our assessment review and recommendations.
The Acute Care Consult Service specializes in the assessment/review of each client’s issues, needs and concerns; geriatrician review of medical issues and/or medications; evaluation of the need for and the potential for gains from rehabilitation.
How does the Acute Care Consult Service Work?
When a client meets with the Acute Care Consult Service, he or she may meet a physician who specializes in geriatric medicine, a registered nurse, an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist, and a social worker. We are also a teaching facility and may have health care students on our service. We speak to the client’s hospital health care team, review the client’s chart and talk to the client and, with permission, contact the next of kin to gather additional information for our assessment/review. Our team then works together to develop recommendations for the client and the hospital aimed at helping with current issues and preventing further problems.
For more information regarding the Acute Care Consult Service, please consult our brochure here.*
Contact Information:
Tel: 613-544-7767
Toll Free: 1-800-214-5848
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