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Medical Clinics of North America, 1999
A comprehensive geriatric assessment involves the evaluation of the physical, psychosocial, and environmental factors affecting the health of an elderly person. In the office setting a geriatric assessment is best accomplished by the use of screening questions, which are incorporated into the patient's medical questionnaire; the use of validated, brief
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A comprehensive geriatric assessment involves the evaluation of the physical, psychosocial, and environmental factors affecting the health of an elderly person. In the office setting a geriatric assessment is best accomplished by the use of screening questions, which are incorporated into the patient's medical questionnaire; the use of validated, brief
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Incremental Geriatric Assessment
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2005Older adults value (1) independence and the ability to make their own decisions, (2) mobility (the ability to travel outside or simply inside the home), (3) family and friends and the time spent with those persons who are important to them, (4) ethnicity, religion, and spirituality, and (5) home, wherever that might be.
Mark, Ensberg, Cynthia, Gerstenlauer
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Middle East Journal of Age and Ageing, 2007Society is undergoing massive demographic change, the most striking feature of which is the large increase in the proportion of elderly, frail patients. These patients have similar expectations to their younger counterparts, and rationalization of treatment on the basis of age has been consigned to the past.
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ASSESSMENT OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 1993In its final report, the 1981 White House Conference on Aging recommended that "Comprehensive foot care be provided for the elderly in a manner equal to care provided for other parts of the human body, to permit patients to remain ambulatory:Remove current Medicare exclusions which preclude comprehensive foot care." The ability to ambulate requires ...
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Geriatric Assessment in the Home
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1991Home assessment of health, environmental, and social factors, and their interactions that may impair the patient's functional capabilities and quality of life can play a critical role in the care of frail elderly patients. Home assessments can reveal important new health and social problems not identified in a clinical visit.
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Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine, 2011
AbstractIn addition to medical diseases, psychological, social, cognitive, and functional issues influence the health of older persons. Therefore, the traditional medical assessment alone is often not enough to evaluate the older population with multiple comorbidities.
Sonja L, Rosen, David B, Reuben
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AbstractIn addition to medical diseases, psychological, social, cognitive, and functional issues influence the health of older persons. Therefore, the traditional medical assessment alone is often not enough to evaluate the older population with multiple comorbidities.
Sonja L, Rosen, David B, Reuben
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1987
In geriatric care, a form of teamwork is the recommended modality because of the complex biopsychosocial needs of the patient. The goal of geriatric assessment programs is to establish an intensive assessment of older adults which requires the competencies of several coordinated disciplines.
L J, Campbell, K D, Cole
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In geriatric care, a form of teamwork is the recommended modality because of the complex biopsychosocial needs of the patient. The goal of geriatric assessment programs is to establish an intensive assessment of older adults which requires the competencies of several coordinated disciplines.
L J, Campbell, K D, Cole
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Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2003
A holistic approach to patient care incorporating the "giants of geriatric nursing" and patient psychosocial issues can improve nursing assessment.
Katherine, Olenek +2 more
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A holistic approach to patient care incorporating the "giants of geriatric nursing" and patient psychosocial issues can improve nursing assessment.
Katherine, Olenek +2 more
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Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 1992
This paper identifies and describes the range of information which geriatric social work practitioners need in order to perform a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Although the geriatric social work assessment is grounded in the basic assessment principles common to all social work practice, it requires additional familiarity with the particular ...
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This paper identifies and describes the range of information which geriatric social work practitioners need in order to perform a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Although the geriatric social work assessment is grounded in the basic assessment principles common to all social work practice, it requires additional familiarity with the particular ...
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GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT FOR THE RHEUMATOLOGIST
Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 2000The population of industrialized countries is aging rapidly. Rheumatologic disorders are the most common illnesses causing functional disability in the elderly and medications for rheumatologic disorders are among the most frequently prescribed. As the population of patients seen by rheumatologists ages, it is important for the rheumatologist to ...
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