Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Research Goals

The Geriatric Emergency Medicine research program aims to improve health care for older adults with acute illnesses. Many factors limit older adults’ access to safe, patient-centered, efficient, high-quality, acute illness care. These factors lead to poor outcomes, including morbidity, mortality, and unnecessary ED use. Our group is working to identify these factors by developing and testing novel programs to improve the care delivered to acutely ill older adults.

Primary research areas with dedicated effort and funding include capacity building for core aging-related research, utilizing clinical informatics to identify fall risk of elderly patients and prevent future falls, and developing care transitions models for older adults, especially those with cognitive vulnerabilities such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), to improve continuity of care.

Research news

Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi selected to co-chair national Dementia Care and Caregiving Research Summit
Held by the National Institute on Aging, the National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons Living with Dementia and their Care Partners/Caregivers...
Emergency medicine faculty share expertise: December 2022
BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine faculty are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on topics within emergency and prehospital care and research…
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi to lead UW-Madison efforts testing dementia care app
The I-CARE 2 RCT: Telehealth to Reduce Alzheimer’s-related Symptoms for Caregivers and Patients study is funded by $4 million from the National Institute on Aging to evaluate...
Andrea Gilmore Bykovski presents at SMPH Collaborate
A new speaker series aims to foster connections among investigators, researchers, and learners by sharing research discoveries and building community. Dr. Gilmore-Bykovskyi will present...
Researchers identify ways to improve emergency care for people living with dementia
A new collection of research papers from the GEAR Netowrk sets out priority areas to better provide emergency care for people living with dementia in the United States...
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