Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What does age related decline lead to?
A
Impaired individual organ function
Dyshomeostasis
Increased susceptibility to environmental stress
2
Q
What is frailty?
A
Increased risk of death or debility following exposure to an environmental stressor
A reduced ability to withstand illness without loss of function
3
Q
What are the geriatric syndromes of presentation?
A
Falls
Immobility
Functional decline
Delirium
4
Q
What is the frailty assessment ?
A
Functional impairment in context of significant multiple conditions Resident in a care home Acute confusion Immobility or falls in last 3 months List of 6 months or more medicines
5
Q
What clinical frailty scale indicates frailty?
A
4 - 9 on the clinical frailty scale
6
Q
What is the function of a comprehensive geriatric assessment?
A
Determine what the problems are and then determine what can be reversed or what can be made better
