[The suitability of sending nursing home residents over 75 to emergency departments]. / Pertinence des passages aux urgences des résidents d'Ehpad de 75 ans et plus.

The care provided to elderly people aged over 75 must be specific and multidisciplinary. An emergency department, which is seeing increasing numbers of patients passing through its doors, notably with the provision of an ambulatory care service, would not appear to be a suitable place for this fragile population, often with multiple pathologies. A study is looking at the suitability of the emergency department for nursing home residents, who have regular access to medical care, unlike elderly people living at home.