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CGA, functional assessment, assessment tools and geriatric syndromes.
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Purpose of cognitive testing: to establish strengths and weaknesses of various functions relative to a standardised, norm-referenced scoring system, so that the nature and extent of cognitive deficits can be determined, informing…
Tests of Cognition and Rating Scales A. 20 High-Yield Points Principles Purpose of cognitive testing: to establish strengths and weaknesses of various functions relative to a standardised, norm-referenced scoring system, so that the…
Cognitive assessment tools fall into four functional groups, and stating this classification first earns marks: - Delirium instruments — CAM, 3D-CAM, CAM-ICU, 4AT - Brief screening tools — Mini-Cog, AD8, AMT, GPCOG, MIS, six-item…
Cognitive Assessment Tools A. 20 High-Yield Points Classification — the Framework to Open With Cognitive assessment tools fall into four functional groups, and stating this classification first earns marks: - Delirium instruments — CAM,…
Purpose of cognitive testing: to establish strengths and weaknesses of various functions relative to a standardised, norm-referenced scoring system, so that the nature and extent of cognitive deficits can be determined, informing…
Cognitive assessment tools fall into four functional groups, and stating this classification first earns marks: - Delirium instruments — CAM, 3D-CAM, CAM-ICU, 4AT - Brief screening tools — Mini-Cog, AD8, AMT, GPCOG, MIS, six-item…
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Functional assessment measures what a person actually does in daily life, not merely what diseases they have. Tools exist to make this measurement standardised, reproducible and comparable across settings. Purpose of using standardised…
Functional assessment means measuring what the person actually does in daily life. In geriatrics, function is the common language and assessment is the core method. In an older person, function predicts outcome better than diagnosis.…
Capacity and competence are not the same. A clinician evaluates a patient's capacity to make a decision; competence is a legal term implying that a person has been deemed competent or incompetent by a court of law. Someone not competent…
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment — What It Is and Its Usefulness in Clinical Practice A. 20 High-Yield Points Definition and Concept Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), also called multidimensional geriatric assessment, is a…
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), also called multidimensional geriatric assessment, is a diagnostic process, usually interdisciplinary, that determines an older person's medical, psychosocial, functional and environmental…
Functional assessment measures what a person actually does in daily life, not merely what diseases they have. Tools exist to make this measurement standardised, reproducible and comparable across settings. Purpose of using standardised…
Functional assessment means measuring what the person actually does in daily life. In geriatrics, function is the common language and assessment is the core method. In an older person, function predicts outcome better than diagnosis.…
Capacity and competence are not the same. A clinician evaluates a patient's capacity to make a decision; competence is a legal term implying that a person has been deemed competent or incompetent by a court of law. Someone not competent…
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), also called multidimensional geriatric assessment, is a diagnostic process, usually interdisciplinary, that determines an older person's medical, psychosocial, functional and environmental…
A geriatric syndrome is a clinical condition in older people that does not fit into a discrete disease category. Geriatric syndromes are highly prevalent, multifactorial, and associated with substantial morbidity and poor outcomes. The…
Tools of Functional Assessment A. 20 High-Yield Points Framework Functional assessment measures what a person actually does in daily life, not merely what diseases they have. Tools exist to make this measurement standardised,…
Functional Assessment in the Elderly A. 20 High-Yield Points Why Function Matters Functional assessment means measuring what the person actually does in daily life. In geriatrics, function is the common language and assessment is the…
Functional Assessment in an 85-Year-Old Lady A. 20 High-Yield Points Why Function Matters at 85 Functional assessment means measuring what the person actually does in daily life, not just listing her diseases. In geriatrics, function is…
Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (PSMS) Lawton and Brody Personal Self-Maintenance Scale A. Position in Geriatric Assessment The PSMS is one of the three named basic-ADL instruments in the CGA framework — Katz Index, Lawton Personal…
A geriatric syndrome is a clinical condition in older people that does not fit into a discrete disease category. Geriatric syndromes are highly prevalent, multifactorial, and associated with substantial morbidity and poor outcomes. The…
The Barthel Index is one of the oldest measures of basic activities of daily living. Mahoney and Barthel developed it in 1965 to rate disability in personal care and mobility in people with stroke, and it is one of the best-researched…
A framework introduced in 2017 by Tinetti, Huang and Molnar that sums up the core of geriatric medicine in five words: Mind, Mobility, Medications, Multicomplexity and what Matters Most. It concisely communicates what geriatric medicine…