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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:  30 June 2022

By
Serena P. Wong ,
Kristin Hlebowitsh  and
Mitchell T. Heflin
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Christine Arenson ,
Rebecca Elon ,
Mary H. Palmer  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Rebecca Elon
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mary H. Palmer
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Summary

Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a holistic approach to care involving multifaceted patient-centered evaluation and management. Often involving interprofessional teams, it can be adapted to different care settings according to available resources and prioritized goals.

Keywords

comprehensive geriatric assessmentperson-centered careinterprofessional assessment
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 21 - 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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