Screening Tools for Geriatric Assessment by Specialists

Jane F. Potter; G. Michael Harper

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-76271-1_8

Screening Tools for Geriatric Assessment by Specialists

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This chapter is a guide for clinicians seeking practical tools to assess function in their older patients. This chapter describes screening tools for falls risk, dementia, delirium, frailty, physical self-maintenance (activities of daily living), depression, malnutrition, social support, potential for urinary retention in older men, and polypharmacy. A summary of the instruments discussed in this chapter is given in Table 8.1.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Geriatrics for Specialists, Second Edition
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	87-94
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030762711
ISBN (Print)	9783030762704
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76271-1_8
State	Published - Jan 1 2021

Keywords

Diagnostic tools
Evaluation of older adults
Geriatric assessment
Geriatric syndromes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)
Nursing(all)

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