2018 Press Releases

ERs Can Be Loud, Hectic and Even Dangerous for the Elderly. Here’s How Hospitals are Trying to Fix That.
(The Washington Post) December 2018

The POLST Paradox: Opportunities and Challenges in Honoring Patient End-of-Life Wishes in the Emergency Department
(Annals of Emergency Medicine) November 2018

Managing the Elderly Emergency Department Patient
(Annals of Emergency Medicine) October 2018

Age Restrictions in the Geriatric Emergency Department
(Critical Decisions in Emergency medicine) September 2018

What Is a Geriatric Emergency Department?
(US World News Report) September 2018

Catering to the elderly in the ED
(Modern Healthcare) July 2018

Care Delivery
(modernhealthcare.com) July 2018

ED Management: Avoiding costs, risks through reduced hospitalization among older adults (PDF)
(ED Management) April 2018

ACEP Launches Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (PDF)
(Press Release) May 2018

Important Application Information

All three Levels of GEDA are operating under the revised criteria that went into effect on June 30, 2023.

Please note Level 1 and Level 2 will undertake boarding care metric requirements on January 1, 2024.

GEDA Care Process New Requirements as of July 1 2023 (PDF)

Emergency Department Boarding Care Processes and Outcomes (PDF)

Application due dates (cut-off) cycles:

  • February 5, 2024
  • April 8, 2024
  • June 3, 2024
  • August 5, 2024
  • December 2, 2024
  • October 7, 2024
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