2 - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment 1 Flashcards

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what is a CGA?

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A process to assess and manage disruption to health in older people with frailty

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2
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define the relationship between ageing and redundancy?

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Progressive accumulation of damage to a complex system resulting in aggregate loss of system redundancy

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2 effects of ageing and what it leads to?

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Impairment of individual organ function

dyshomeostasis

both lead to increased susceptibility to environmental stress = FRAILTY

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describe the 5 elements of the Fried et al. criteria for frailty phenotype?

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Unintentional weight loss
Exhaustion
Weak grip strength
Slow walking speed
Low physical activity
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5
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for the Fried et al. criteria for frailty phenotype, how many elements must be fulfilled to be defined as frail?

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3/5

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what are the 4 frailty syndromes and what can they be described as?

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Falls
Immobility
Delirium
Functional decline

described as system failure presentations

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what are ADLs?

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activities of daily living = basics of living

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name the 7 ADLs?

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Transfers
Mobility
Toileting
Washing
Dressing
Meal preparation
Feeding
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describe the relationship between frailty and multimorbidity?

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multi morbidity can increase likelihood of frailty in that it increases the risk of dyshomeostasis - however being old and having multi morbidity doesn’t = frailty

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