Abbreviated Mental Test Score - British Geriatrics Society

Fit for Frailty - British Geriatrics Society

• Older people should be assessed for the presence of frailty during all encounters with health and social care professionals. Gait speed, the timed-up-

  Care, Fit for frailty, Frailty

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

Inhaled Meds Oral Inhalers Quantity Limits list

Qvar Oral Inhaler Beclomethasone dipropionate 40mcg 17.4 = 2 inhalers gm Qvar Redihaler beclomethasone dipropionate 40mcg 10.6 = 1 inhaler gm Qvar Redihaler Beclomethasone dipropionate 80mcg 21.2 = 2 inhalers gm Seebri Neohaler Glycopyrrolate 15.6mcg 60 = 1 inhaler ea Serevent Diskus Salmeterol 50mcg 60 = 1 inhaler ea

  Lists, Limits, Oral, Meds, Quantity, Inhaler, Inhaled, Inhaled meds oral inhalers quantity limits list

KnowHow to UseYour Asthma Inhaler

top of the inhaler to spray one dose of medicine. Slowly breathe in all the air you can and hold for 5-10 seconds. Put the inhaler mouthpiece into the end oft e spacer. Close your lips around spacer. Shake the inhaler 10-15 times. Put the mouthpiece of the spacer in your mouth and above your tongue. Take the cap off the inhaler and make sure the

  Inhaler

Respiratory Inhaler Identification Chart - GGC Medicines

Respiratory Inhaler Identification Chart Short-acting Beta 2 Agonist Inhalers (SABAs) *MDI = metered dose inhaler Salbutamol MDI* ® (aerosol) Brands include: Airomir®, AirSalb ®, Salamol®, Ventolin Easyhaler®

  Inhaler

Boehringer Ingelheim

Prior to first use, the SPIRIVA RESPIMAT cartridge is inserted into the SPIRIVA RESPIMAT inhaler and the unit is primed. When using the unit for the first time, patients are to actuate the inhaler toward the ground until an aer osol cloud is visible and then repeat the process three more times. The unit is then considered primed and ready for use.

  Inhaler

Using Your Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)

A metered dose inhaler (MDI) is a small device that delivers a measured amount of medication to your lungs. You get this medication with each spray (puff) when you breathe in. MDIs use a chemical propellant to produce the spray (puff). The spray you see from your MDI is both the propellant and the

  Dose, Inhaler, Metered, Metered dose inhaler

The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) - Overview

The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) - Overview The PHQ-2 inquires about the frequency of depressed mood and anhedonia over the past two weeks.

  Phq 2