title: [District geriatrics in Nordmøre].
abstract: Many aged Norwegians live in sparsely populated areas where access to geriatric assessment is limited. In 1990 a non-acute, ambulatory service was started in the Nordmøre region. This article gives a description of the project. From 1990 to 1992 19 visits were made to six municipalities by a physician and a nurse from the out-patient clinic for the elderly at the local hospital. 59 patients were referred by general practitioners--mental impairment, general loss of function and assessment of possible rehabilitation being the most common causes for referral. Ten out of 11 GPs, all of whom had referred patients, and the leading district nurses in the municipalities expressed their satisfaction with the project through a postal questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling, Fylkessjukehuset i Kristiansund.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ranhoff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires