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There is no question that handoffs between long-term care facilities and EDs are high-risk times for elder patients. "Transfers because of an acute deterioration of the patient can result in a lack of communication related to pertinent history, medications, allergies, and code status," says Samuel Shartar, RN, CEN, director of the ED at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

Dangerous handoffs with elders must end