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Chapter 3 - Comprehensive geriatric assessment

from Section I - General approach to the care of the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
Rachel Mason  and
John D. Gazewood
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Christine Arenson ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Daniel Swagerty ,
Laura Mosqueda ,
Maria Fiatarone Singh  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel Swagerty
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Laura Mosqueda
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Maria Fiatarone Singh
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Geriatric providers must evaluate and manage their patients with a focus on function in order to provide optimal care. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is an interprofessional approach to assess function and screen for geriatric syndromes in the heterogeneous older adult population. Components of geriatric assessment include the history and physical, cognitive assessment (such as the widely used Mini-Mental State Exam), assessment of affect to screen for depression, and assessment of functional status. The latter evaluates activities of daily living (ADL), falls, incontinence, nutrition, safety of the environment in which the patient lives, and social situation. This method of evaluation has shown to improve the care of older adults throughout the continuum of care: in the hospital, in primary care, and at home.
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

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