title: Prevention and screening in the nursing home.
abstract: The primary care physicians must use screening procedures for the elderly that focus on function, with special attention paid to falls, incontinence, malnutrition, and sexuality. Nursing home staff and patients' families can be particularly helpful to the physician.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Augusta, Maine 04330, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gershman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011788:Quality of Life