Article R6123-32-8 of the French Public Health Code
Elderly patients requiring geriatric care because of their polypathology and risk of dependency are cared for : 1° As a matter of priority, subject to the availability of permanent medical care, by direct admission to an acute geriatric medical facility; 2° In the absence of such a facility, and subject to medical availability, in any specialty facility corresponding to the patient’s acute pathology; 3° Or in the emergency department when…