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Geriatric
Assessment – Who Does It & Why It Helps
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Geriatric
Assessment – Who Does It & Why It Helps
What
is geriatric assessment?
A comprehensive evaluation designed to optimize an older
person's ability to enjoy good health, improve their overall quality
of life, reduce the need for hospitalization and/or institutionalization,
and enable them to live independently for as long as possible.
An assessment
consists of:
| 1. |
Examination
of the older person's current status in terms of:
Physical, mental, and psycho-social health.
Ability to function well and to independently perform basic
activities of daily living such as dressing, bathing meal preparation,
medication management, etc.
Living arrangements, social network, and access to support services. |
| 2. |
Identification
of current problems or anticipated problems in any of these
areas. |
| 3. |
Comprehensive
"Care Plan" which addresses all problems,
suggests actions required, and makes recommendations for support
services. |
| 4. |
Link
between support services, the person and his family to assure
provision of necessary services. |
| 5. |
Monitoring
of the extent to which support services have addressed the problems
identified, and modification of the Care Plan as needed. |
How
do you know when a geriatric assessment is needed?
Geriatric assessment would be appropriate when there are persistent
or intermittent symptoms such as memory loss, confusion, or other
signs of possible dementia. Sometimes what looks like Alzheimer's
or dementia can be the result of medication interactions or other
medical or psychiatric problems. Because of the thoroughness of
the geriatric assessment, it is one of the best ways to determine
what the actual problem is.
Who
performs a geriatric assessment?
A geriatric assessment can be done in many different settings such
as: a hospital, nursing home, outpatient clinic, physician's office
or the patient's home. The assessment is comprehensive in scope,
and thus, can only be successfully conducted by a multi-disciplinary
team of experts. This team might include: physicians, ancillary
personnel, social workers, physical and/or occupational therapists,
dieticians, psychologists, pharmacists, and geriatric nurse practitioners.
You
can request a referral for a geriatric assessment from a primary
care physician.
Geriatric Assessment Centers
You must call to make an appointment with any of these facilities
Anna
Greenwall Geriatric Health Center
300 Second Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
732-923-7550
Center
for Geriatric Health Care
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Avenue
Newark, NJ 07112
973-926-8491
COPSA
Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease
& Related Disorders
671 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ
1-800-969-5300
Hunterdon
Center for Healthy Aging
Hunterdon Medical Center
2100 Wescott Drive
Flemington, NJ 08822
908-788-6373
Joseph Ryan, MD*
at Morristown memorial Hospital
973-971-7022
*Must be referred by your primary care physician
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NJ
Institute for Successful Aging
42 East Laurel Road
Stratford, NJ 08084
856-566-6843
Overlook
Hospital’s Vauxhall Clinic
Community Health Center
3 Farrington Street
Vauxhall, NJ 07088
908-964-8010
Saint
Peters University Hospital
Division of Geriatrics
254 Easton Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
732-745-6655
Saint
Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center
Geriatric Assessment Program
200 South Orange Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-322-7000 |
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