The first-ever clinical practice guidelines on caring for older adults in the ICU reflect a growing recognition that this group has distinct risks, priorities, and recovery trajectories.
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A new study found that social factors, such as income and education, can be associated with whether an older adult receives home-based rehabilitation services after an intensive care unit (ICU) stay.
Learn more from @snigdhajain89 of @YalePCCSM.
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Our frailty summit manuscript is available, open access, in Chest Critical Care
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With aging populations, there are ever increasing numbers of critically ill frail persons. Filling existing knowledge gaps such that we can improve care is paramount.
#SCCM2026 attendees, join us in W181 for the Aging Track starting this morning!
Sessions cover a breadth of topics including insights from Geriatrician @MrDisability & the new @SCCM guidelines for caring for critically ill older adults
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#SCCM2026 attendees: Join us Tuesday in W181 for the Aging Track! Sessions cover deprescribing, surgery, the Age-Friendly ICU, future of #GeriCritCare research, presentation of the new guideline on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU. Join us!
#SCCM2026 attendees: Join us Tuesday in W181 for the Aging Track! Sessions cover deprescribing, surgery, the Age-Friendly ICU, future of #GeriCritCare research, presentation of the new guideline on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU. Join us!
SCCM Guideline on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU
includes 2 conditional recommendations:
Geriatric model of care for all older adults admitted to the ICU
Not using antipsychotic medications for the prevention of delirium in older adults in ICU
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Check out our brand new @SCCM guidelines addressing the care of older adults in the ICU.
Recommendations address: geriatric models of care, post-ICU followup, MAP targets and antipsychotics for delirium prevention or treatment.
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Thank you to all the participants for your valuable insights, contributions, and help in getting this published. Hopefully, the research gaps highlighted can be addressed soon to improve care for critically ill frail patients.
Our new #GeriCC narrative review now has a read-for-free link provided by @yourICM! rdcu.be/eXPDc The field has come a long way in the past decade; in this review, we discuss challenges, opportunities, and future directions for the care of older adults in the #ICU.
Happy to share our new narrative review on the state of the science for the care of older adults in the #ICU, just out in Intensive Care Medicine @yourICM! Check it out at link.springer.com/article/10…
Happy to share our new narrative review on the state of the science for the care of older adults in the #ICU, just out in Intensive Care Medicine @yourICM! Check it out at link.springer.com/article/10…
Excited to kick off our all-day track dedicated to 'caring for older adults' at @SCCM Congress - starting with the extremely accomplished Terry Fulmer speaking on the 4Ms. @johnahartford@LFerranteMD@natebrummelmd@SCCM_IM
Attending #SCCM2025? Join us for an entire track of fantastic #GeriCC programming on Tuesday Feb 25, beginning with a Thought Leader plenary by Terry Fulmer from @johnahartford! (Cross-posting here from @bluesky)