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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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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. Future health service provision and medical
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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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Geriatrics Screening and Assessment
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2019Geriatric screening and assessment allows clinicians to care for older patients in an efficient, patient-centered manner. This framework includes standard screening questions that may trigger the use of standard geriatric assessment tools and/or other interventions.
Mandi, Sehgal +3 more
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Community‐Based Geriatric Assessment
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1985A comprehensive review of the multidisciplinary functional assessment and treatment of 800 patients seen at a community‐based geriatric assessment center was performed to profile clinical characteristics of patients attending such a program and to evaluate possible predictors of institutionalization.
D C, Martin +4 more
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Abstract More than one in three surgical procedures in the United States is performed on a patient 65 years or older. Older adults experience higher rates of mortality and morbidity following surgery than do younger adults. This has generated a call to better optimize older adults prior to surgery and employ risk reduction strategies ...
Kaitlin Willham, Heather E. Nye
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Kaitlin Willham, Heather E. Nye
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment ‘online’
Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2008This paper describes a system designed to enable comprehensive geriatric assessment to be performed at distant locations. A structured assessment incorporating the interRAI Acute Care assessment tool is administered by a specifically trained nurse assessor onsite.
Gray, L.C., Wootton, R.
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Geriatric assessment and comorbidity
Seminars in Oncology, 2004Elderly persons, a rapidly growing population segment, have an increased incidence of cancer. The older cancer patient's clinical evaluation and treatment is influenced by conditions such as disabilities, comorbidity, and functional status, along with tumor type and stage.
Arati V, Rao +2 more
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment in Swedish acute geriatric settings
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2019Purpose Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a widely used approach in geriatric care and involves multidisciplinary assessments focused on determining a frail elderly person’s medical, psychological and functional capability to develop an integrated plan for treatment.
Ewa, Wressle, Eva, Törnvall
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