A brief version of the traditional Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in primary care and community health settings could identify older adults with unmet needs or geriatric syndromes, but it doesn’t ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cancer is a disease that disproportionately affects the elderly, and current guidelines recommend a ...

Focus on the assessment of physical activity level of patients with cancer cachexia enrolled in a randomized phase III clinical trial. Background: Certain components of the comprehensive geriatric ...

A retrospective analysis of elderly population with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with raltitrexed in the target therapy era. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of comprehensive geriatric assessment and integration of geriatrician-led management into care plans ...

Researchers showed that integration of a comprehensive geriatric assessment with geriatrician-led management care improved quality of life for older adults with cancer. Researchers showed that the ...

Older people often have multiple and complex care needs, so assessing them is a highly skilled activity. Their health issues and care needs are sometimes summed up in ‘catchy’ phrases, but it is ...

A nurse-led comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department (ED) reduced hospital admissions by 11.6% for older adults, without extending ED stays or boosting return visits, a recent ...

Geriatric assessment tools, including CGA, offer superior prognostic value over traditional performance measures in older DLBCL patients. Comprehensive geriatric assessments reveal frailty levels, ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improved short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers. Brazilian study showed better physical function, psychological status, and quality of ...