Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a process used used by healthcare practitioners that assesses the status of the frail older persons to optimize their subsequent management. These people often have complex, multiple and interdependent problems (multimorbidity) which make their care more challenging than in younger people, or those with just one medical problem.[1]
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional holistic assessment of an older person that takes into consideration health and wellbeing. A plan is then formulated to address issues which are of concern to the older person (and family/carers if relevant) and arranges interventions according to the plan and then reviews the impact.
The CGA differs from a standard evaluation as it emphasizes quality of life and functional status, prognosis, and outcome, entailing greater depth and breadth.
The hallmarks of CGA are the employment of interdisciplinary teams and the use of any number of standardized instruments to evaluate aspects of patient functioning, impairments, and social supports.[2]
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- ↑ Wikipedia. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_geriatric_assessment (last accessed 4.5.2019)
- ↑ CGA toolkit. Comprehensive geriatric assessment. Available from: https://www.cgakit.com/cga (last accessed 4.5.2019)
- ↑ thehealthline.ca Information Network. Introduction to the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit. AVailable from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni2FaEboCZU&app=desktop (last accessed 4.5.2019)
