1. Frail Older Persons Intervention and Therapy Team (FITT)
Aoife Ryan
Medical Social Worker
Cliodhna O’Mahony
Occupational Therapist
Grainne Forde
Physiotherapist
Jennifer Kirwan
Speech and Language Therapist
Laura Keaskin
Dietitian
What does the FITT team do?
How can you refer to us?
The goals of the FIT team are to:
Identify frail older people (>75 years) in the Emergency Department
Initiate HSCP Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the ED using a standardised assessment process.
Develop an ethos of ‘every hour counts’ for the frail older person in ED
Transfer suitable patients direct to the appropriate destination as soon as possible
Develop a HSCP treatment and care plan in conjunction with the medical and nursing team
Focus on expediting discharges
To refer to FITT please bleep the
Team Leader on #3039
We are available 9am-5pm
Monday-Friday