Clinicians may focus on all of the domains included in this review in order to perform a more comprehensive geriatric assessment, or they may pick and choose specific areas of screening based on ...

The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA) is a screening tool developed by the Geriatrics Division of Saint Louis University. The RGA includes assessment of frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass ...

One of the major components of the grant is the Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA). Primary care providers can use this screening tool to assess frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and ...

The challenge in applying the geriatric assessment to earlier-stage disease lies in the need to separate disease-related factors from age-related factors. "It's really tough at diagnosis in the ...

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is used in geriatric medicine to capture relevant information about the health status and function of an older person. It facilitates accurate diagnosis, ...

In most situations, you will provide ongoing primary and geriatric subspecialty care for these patients. Fellows also attend the VA Geriatrics Assessment Clinic several times per month while on a ...

The Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP ... Synthesize theoretical, scientific and contemporary clinical knowledge for the assessment and management of both health and illness ...

Aging Health. 2013;9(6):579-591. Mobility assessment provides an important window into the accuracy of patients' self-report of independent functioning and an understanding of potential threats to ...

Graduates of the MSN Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Specialty are educated to care for adolescents and young adults to older adults and their primary care needs including ...