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 ...

Geriatric assessment tools, including CGA, offer superior prognostic value over traditional performance measures in older DLBCL patients. Comprehensive geriatric assessments reveal frailty levels ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility © (HABAM) is an instrument that provides a clinical assessment of in-bed mobility, transfers and ambulation. The ...

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 ...