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Urgent action is needed to stem the rise in avoidable emergency admissions among the elderly, regulators say.
Data collected by the Care Quality Commission showed 530,000 over-65s were admitted in England as an emergency for a preventable cause last year.
This represents an increase of more than 40% since 2007-8.
Avoidable admissions are caused by conditions such as dehydration or infections which could have been prevented with better care.
In total, one in 10 of all over-75s and a fifth of the over-90s were admitted for one of these reasons.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25015594
Data collected by the Care Quality Commission showed 530,000 over-65s were admitted in England as an emergency for a preventable cause last year.
This represents an increase of more than 40% since 2007-8.
Avoidable admissions are caused by conditions such as dehydration or infections which could have been prevented with better care.
In total, one in 10 of all over-75s and a fifth of the over-90s were admitted for one of these reasons.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25015594