Screening the over-75s:1.
The contractual requirement to offer health assessment for older people prompts many questions. We need to ask what screening is and whether it differs from case findings. We need to define who should be screened and whether it is a wasteful use of limited resources to impose universal domiciliary screening on an annual basis when most older people are reasonably healthy and content. We must decide whether support should be targeted to those with the greatest need. We need to ascertain who should carry out screening, since time constraints alone will make delegation inevitable. We must decide where screening should take place and whether it should be opportunistic or consultation based.
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D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk