module 5

Question 1

what are the key principles of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)

Answer 1

1. aims to improve health care, enhance patient quality of life and support the efficient use of health care resources
2. wholistic person-centred approach
3. building a picture of what the person and their carer needs
4. links to healthcare and social need
5. involves multi-discplinary team members

Question 2

considerations for evaluation

Answer 2

1. falls
2. cognition
3. dental
4. living circumstances
5. mood
6. vision/hearing
7. spirituality
8. polypharmacy
9. sexual function
10. nutrition status
11. pain
12. goals of care
13. advance care planning
14. continence
15. social and financial support

Question 3

what are the basic activities of daily living (BADLs)

Answer 3

1. self care tasks such as :
2. bathing
3. dressing
4. grooming
5. toileting
6. maintaing continence
7. feeding
8. transferring

Question 4

what are the three d’s

Answer 4

1. delirium (or acute confusion is potentially preventable)
2. dementia (typically a persistant chornic progression)
3. depression (change in mood longer than 2 weeks)