September 17, 2021

Geriatrics Assessment

Geriatrics Screening and Assessment

 

Primary Care

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term=30704662

 

Geriatric Assessment

Medical Clinics of North America

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term=10584605

 

Geriatric Assessment: An Office-Based Approach

American Family Physician

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term=30216018

 

Geriatric Assessment for Primary Care Providers

Primary Care

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term=28797368

 

Textbook

Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics

8th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill 2018

 

Medication Review

Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions ( STOPP) and Screening Tool

To Alert to Right Treatment (START)

https://www.cgakit.com/m-2-stopp-start

 

Functional Status

Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living

https://www.alz.org/careplanning/downloads/katz-adl.pdf

 

Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL)

https://www.alz.org/media/documents/lawton-brody-activities-daily-living-scale.pdf

 

Depression/Anxiety

PHQ-2

https://aidsetc.org/sites/default/files/resources_files/PHQ-2_English.pdf

PHQ-9

https://www.apa.org/depression-guideline/patient-health-questionnaire.pdf

Geriatric Depression Scale

https://geriatrictoolkit.missouri.edu/cog/GDS_SHORT_FORM.PDF

Anxiety

https://adaa.org/sites/default/files/GAD-7_Anxiety-updated_0.pdf

 

How do you effectively evaluate the elderly for alcohol use disorder?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term= 34341027

 

Cognition

Confusion Assessment Method      https://www.mnhospitals.org/Portals/0/Documents/ptsafety/LEAPT%20Delirium/Confusion%20Assessment%20Method%20-%20CAM.pdf

 

Mini-Cog

http://mini-cog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Standardized-English-Mini-Cog-1-19-16-EN_v1-low-1.pdf

 

AD8 Dementia Screening Tool

https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/ad8-dementia-screening.pdf

 

St. Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS)

https://www.slu.edu/medicine/internal-medicine/geriatric-medicine/aging-successfully/pdfs/slums_form.pdf

 

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa)-Requires Permission

https://www.parkinsons.va.gov/resources/MOCA-Test-English.pdf

Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE)

http://www.fammed.usouthal.edu/Guides&JobAids/Geriatric/MMSE.pdf

Frailty

Mobility Assessment in Older Adults

NEJM

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term= 34407345

 

FRAIL questionnaire

https://www.mass.gov/doc/frail-scale-screening-tool/download

 

Frailty: Evaluation and Management

American Family Physician

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?myncbishare=dukemlib&dr=abstract&otool=dukemlib&term=33587574