Comprehensive geriatric assessment

Helping your elderly patients maintain functional well-being

Kenneth Rockwood Dr Rockwood is associate professor and residency program director, division of geriatric medicine, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Correspondence[email protected].

, MD, MPA, FRCPC,

James L. Silvius Dr Silvius is assistant professor of geriatric medicine, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

, MD,FRCPC &

Roy A. Fox Dr Fox was formerly head of the division of geriatric medicine, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine.

, MD, FRCP, FRCPC

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In this article, three geriatricians describe an approach to comprehensive geriatric assessment that takes into account the multiple social and medical problems that affect the functional well-being of frail elderly patients. With a 45- to 90-minute time investment, physicians can obtain an inventory of the factors that threaten an elderly patient's independence and gain a fuller understanding of the patient's complex needs.

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