title: Comprehensive geriatric assessment. Helping your elderly patients maintain functional well-being.
abstract: In this article, three geriatricians describe an approach to comprehensive geriatric assessment that takes into account the multiple social and medical problems that affect the functional well-being of frail elderly patients. With a 45- to 90-minute time investment, physicians can obtain an inventory of the factors that threaten an elderly patient's independence and gain a fuller understanding of the patient's complex needs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. rockwood@is.dal.ca
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rockwood
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Silvius
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005194:Family Practice; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods