| Description |
xvii, 473 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The contexts of geriatric assessment / Hillary Bogner & Joseph Gallo -- Emergency assessment of the older adult / Chad VanDerHeyden & Arthur Sanders -- Ethnicity / Charles P. Mouton & Yolanda B. Esparza -- The older driver / David Carr & George W. Rebok -- Enhancing advance directive discussions using the values history / David J. Doukas & Laurence B. McCullough & Monica Crane -- Recognizing elder abuse and neglect / Carla VandeWeerd ... [et al.] -- Cognitive assessment / Joseph J. Gallo -- Depression assessment / Joseph J. Gallo -- Substance use and abuse assessment / Faika Zanjani & David Oslin -- Assessment of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living assessment / Joseph J. Gallo & Gregory J. Paveza -- |
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Social assessment of older adults / Carmen Morano & Barbara Morano -- Physical assessment / David Nicklin -- Pain assessment / James P. Richardson -- Health promotion / Meredith Wallace & Joyce Shea & Carrie Guttman -- Assessment of older adults in their home / Lucia C. Kim & Carmel Bitondo Dyer -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the nursing home / Miriam B. Rodin -- Assessment at the time of hospitalization / Marilyn Lopez -- Adherence to medical treatment / Hillary Bogner & Monica Crane -- Developing and managing a high functioning interdisciplinary team / Eugenia L. Siegler -- In the wake of terrorism : mechanisms of geriatric assessment / Ian Portelli & Terry Fulmer |
| Summary |
"Handbook of Geriatric Assessment emphasizes the multidisciplinary functions of the geriatric assessment team, and is applicable for healthcare professionals, nurses, social workers, and researchers. The revised and updated Fourth Edition fosters a multidimensional approach by discussing the assessment of domains that have a significant bearing on the life of older persons, with renewed interest in the prevention of function decline." "With discussions of the domains of geriatric assessment conveniently compiled in one reference, readers will continue to find practical and useful ideas to take into their daily work with older people."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen, 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Older people -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Older people -- Psychological testing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Older people -- Care -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Geriatric Assessment.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Gallo, Joseph J.
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| LC no. |
2005008303 |
| ISBN |
0763730564 case bound |
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