Preserving function is a priority in caring for older patients. In geriatrics, the focus of care shifts from the treatment of multiple chronic diseases to the impact of these chronic diseases on ...

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

A brief version of the traditional Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in primary care and community health settings could identify older adults with unmet needs or geriatric syndromes, but it doesn’t ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improved short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers. Brazilian study showed better physical function, psychological status, and quality of ...

Our physicians, geriatric nurse practitioner and social workers offer a variety of clinical services to older patients, including comprehensive geriatric assessment; in-hospital consultation; ...

A Call for Improving the Quality of Cancer Care in Geriatric Patients A review of geriatric assessment tools and their role in assessing older patients with cancer before and after treatment. For many ...

A nurse-led comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department (ED) reduced hospital admissions by 11.6% for older adults, without extending ED stays or boosting return visits, a recent ...