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Targeting frail older adults for outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment and management services: An overview of concepts and criteria

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2002

Faranak Aminzadeh ,
William B Dalziel  and
Frank J Molnar
Faranak Aminzadeh
Affiliation:
Regional Geriatric Assessment Program of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
William B Dalziel
Affiliation:
Regional Geriatric Assessment Program of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Frank J Molnar
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa Institute on Health of the Elderly, Ottawa, Canada.
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Extract

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been defined as ‘a multidimensional, often interdisciplinary, diagnostic process intended to determine a frail elderly person’s medical, psychosocial, and functional capabilities and problems, with the objective of developing an overall plan for treatment and long-term follow-up’. Evidence from recent meta-analyses of clinical trials of the effectiveness of CGA programmes suggest that older persons may experience a variety of health benefits from these comprehensive services.

Type
Psychological and social gerontology
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 82 - 92
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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