Delivering comprehensive geriatric assessment in new settings: advice for frontline clinicians

Over the decades, as the principles of comprehensive geriatric assessment have been established, there have been attempts to apply its principles to settings other than acute hospital medical wards or the general communitydwelling older population, for example, to other settings where older people w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 174 - 179
Main Author Gladman, J R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland 01.09.2016
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Delirium
Delivery of Health Care
Dementia
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Service, Hospital
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatrics
Health Services for the Aged
Hip Fractures
Homes for the Aged
Hospitals
Humans
Neoplasms
oncogeriatrics
comprehensive geriatric assessment
emergency care
care homes
intermediate care
orthogeriatrics
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Over the decades, as the principles of comprehensive geriatric assessment have been established, there have been attempts to apply its principles to settings other than acute hospital medical wards or the general communitydwelling older population, for example, to other settings where older people with infirmity are found. The purpose of this paper is to describe and reflect upon the application of and evidence for comprehensive geriatric assessment in these new settings and give some advice to clinicians about how to optimise their contributions to these processes. I will state my advice having first discussed intermediate care, emergency surgery (hip fracture), elective surgery, dementia and delirium care, emergency care, cancer care, and the care of residents of care homes (mindful of the irony of calling the latter a new setting, given that geriatric medicine originated in long term care).
ISSN:1478-2715
2042-8189
DOI:10.4997/JRCPE.2016.309