QUALITY CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH URGENT …

Quality Care for Older people with Urgent & Emergency Care needs “Silver Book” 2 Foreword The increase in the number of older people has …

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary ...

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a process of care comprising a number of steps. Initially, a multidimensional holistic assessment of an older person considers health and wellbeing and leads to the formulation of a plan to address issues which are of concern to the older person (and their family and carers when relevant).

  Assessment, Geriatric, Geriatric assessment

Barthel ADL Index

2 Guidelines for the Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living General • The Index should be used as a record of what a patient does, NOT as a record of what a patient could do. • The main aim is to establish degree of independence from any …

  Activities, Index, Daily, Independence, Activities of daily, Of independence

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary ...

communication skills in addition to their clinical knowledge to ensure purposeful and timely assessment. Therefore co-ordination of CGA can be undertaken by any member of the health and social care team but is best carried out by someone the patient and their family trusts and with whom they can have open and sensitive discussions.

  Skills, Assessment, Knowledge

Fit for Frailty Part 1 - British Geriatrics Society

multiple long term conditions (so called multi-morbidity) will also have frailty which may be masked when the focus is on other disease based long term conditions. Likewise, some people whose only long term condition is frailty may be low consumers of health care resources and not regularly known to their GP (until they become bed bound, immobile 4

  Multi, Part, Morbidity, Frailty, Fit for frailty part 1

MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE)

MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE) Patient's name: Hospital number: ORIENTATION REGISTRATION ATTENTION AND CALCULATION RECALL LANGUAGE COPYING Year Month Day Date Time

  States, Examination, Mini, Mental, Msme, Mini mental state examination

Abbreviated Mental Test Score - British Geriatrics Society

Abbreviated Mental Test Score The abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) was introduced by Hodkinson in 1972 to rapidly assess elderly patients for the possibility of dementia

  Tests, Score, Mental, Abbreviated, Abbreviated mental test score

The Edmonton Frail Scale - British Geriatrics Society

The Edmonton Frail Scale NAME : _____ d.o.b. : _____ DATE : _____ Frailty domain Item 0 point 1 point 2 points

Medicines and Falls in Hospital - British Geriatrics Society

mechanism leading to a fall is one or more of: ... entirely on the kidney for their elimination and can accumulate in dehydration or renal failure. Fosinopril, Trandolapril, Quinapril Excreted by liver and kidney . Symptomatic hypotension in systolic cardiac failure

  Failure, Kidney, Leading

Clinical Frailty Scale*

5 Mildly Frail – These people often have more evident slowing, and need help in high order IADLs (finances, transportation, heavy housework, medica-tions). Typically, mild frailty progressively impairs shopping and walking outside alone, meal preparation and housework. 6 Moderately Frail – People need help with all

  Scale, Clinical, Frailty, Clinical frailty scale, Mildly

the diabetes epidemic and its impact on Europe - …

3 *the document predominantly focuses on type 2 diabetes, unless otherwise stated. EXECUtiVE SUMMarY Most healthcare systems today are organised to treat the acute symptoms of disease and manage conditions

  Summary, Diabetes

ANNEX I SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS

For patients with type 1 diabetes a dose reduction of 20% based on the previous basal insulin dose or basal component of a continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion regimen should be considered with

  Product, Summary, Characteristics, Diabetes, Summary of product characteristics

Long Term Care - Briggs Inside

CNA Records Nurse Aide's Information Sheet CFS6- CFS6- CFS6- 145 3AHH 3CHH 3ßHH Nurse Assistant Care Record- Nurse Assistant Care Record- Nurse Assistant Care …

  Terms, Care, Long, Long term care

Spring 2015 Reference Group Executive Summary

Introduction Note on use of data: The overall response proportion was 22.4%. 2 The ACHA-National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA II) is a national

  Summary

Form B: Child Adaptive Behavior Summary (CABS) …

January 2014 2 TOILETING 1 Mostly Independent 2 Needs Verbal Prompts Less Than Half of the Time 3 Needs Verbal Prompts More Than Half of the Time

  Child, Adaptive, Summary, Abcs, Behavior, Child adaptive behavior summary