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 ...

Evidence base of mind body intervention in palliative care. Background: The majority of persons diagnosed with cancer are older adults. A comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) can identify current ...

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

People diagnosed with cancer at an older age have special concerns that often aren’t taken into consideration when treatment begins. But they should be, according to a new study. Older patients with ...

A free tool aims to increase oncologists’ use of formal geriatric assessments (GAs) in older patients with cancer. Such assessments seek to measure factors beyond age that can affect a patient’s risk ...

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 ...

Dr. Cris Bergerot and Dr. Enrique Soto join the podcast to discuss the new global guideline on geriatric assessment. This guideline provides evidence-based, resource-stratified recommendations across ...

Credit: Getty Images Nurse practitioners call for routine assessment for geriatric syndromes, including screening for frailty, cognitive impairment, and malnutrition. As patients live longer, it ...

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 ...

Within the GAIN-S model, geriatric care assessments among older patients with cancer are combined with care interventions, and it is delivered soon before patients have an intervention on their cancer ...