Care Transitions in the Psychiatric Hospital: Focus on Older Adults

•What is the primary question addressed by this study? This must be limited to one sentence.How can individual providers and healthcare systems improve the quality of transitional care for older adults who experience frequent care transitions between acute psychiatric and medical settings?•What is the main finding? Limited to two sentences.Our study indicates that compared to younger adults, older adults in the inpatient psychiatric setting may be more vulnerable to care transitions to and from the medical hospital.•What is the meaning of the finding? Limited to one sentence.Clinicians and healthcare systems should focus clinical efforts to improve transitional care for this vulnerable patient population.