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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

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Caring for the older person is perhaps one of the most challenging tasks in clinical medicine. In addition to normal age-related changes that affect function and physiological response, certain age-prevalent diseases also accumulate. This may lead to even the most experienced clinician being surprised by the often atypical and nonspecific presentation of illness. Although a comprehensive geriatric assessment may be time- and labor-intensive, thoughtful screening is nonetheless crucial to assess an elderly person’s functional ability, physical health, cognitive and mental health, and socio-environmental situation.

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  1. Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center and Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

    Jacob Blumenthal & Steven R. Gambert

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Blumenthal, J., Gambert, S.R. (2016). Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. In: Stegemann, S. (eds) Developing Drug Products in an Aging Society. AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43099-7_6

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