title: [The evaluative cycle of the process of an overall geriatric evaluation program at a health center].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve the procedures in an Elderly Persons' Care programme.
  
  
  METHODS
  A complete evaluative cycle of the care process, with an analysis phase and a phase to implement corrective measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary care. Ortuella (Bizkaia) Health Centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on the first 50% on the list of residents over 75 in Ortuella were analysed in this evaluation (n = 249). Residents in elderly people's homes, people passing through and who had recently moved were excluded. In the re-evaluation all those still to be evaluated were analysed once corrective measures had been implemented (n = 81).
  
  
  METHODS
  After analysis of the first phase, corrective measures were applied, and both the coverage and the correct performance of activities generated in the development of the programme were re-evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was similar coverage (72.3 to 66.7%). There was improvement in registration (76.9 to 90.7%), long-treatment card (60 to 85.7%), medicines (42.9 to 75%) and nutritional habits (46.1 to 57.1%). Action taken on visual (93.1 to 75%) and hearing (76 to 71.4%) pathologies deteriorated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The programme's procedures improved with simple corrective measures (a session concerning proper recording of the history and how to follow the protocol; professionals who controlled registration and coverage). A proper record was important.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Cotolino, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martín Lesende
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albizuri Sanz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bustinduy Baskaran
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salaberrl Sabando
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benito Manrique
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lantarón Amas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain