Older adults often have similar concerns: a fear of falling, a worry that they are taking too many medications, or concern that their forgetfulness is the start of Alzheimer's. A geriatric assessment ...

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 ...

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) As older adults typically have one or more chronic health conditions that can affect dietary intake, malnutrition has been identified ...

Although concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) increases survival in patients with inoperable, locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is no consensus on the treatment of elderly ...

Factors captured in a geriatric assessment can predict morbidity and mortality in older adults, but are not routinely measured in cancer clinical trials. This study evaluated the implementation of a ...

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

In a move to improve cancer care for older adults, the American Society of Clinical Oncology is recommending that all patients age 65 and older receive a geriatric assessment when considering or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators found deficits in geriatric assessments were highly prevalent ...

Saint Louis University is offering free geriatric screenings for anyone age 65 years and older from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 10, at the Learning Resources Center on Saint Louis University's ...