Comprehensive geriatric assessment program

Specialised consultation covering all the needs of elderly sick patients.

The eldery is a different patient, with a different way of setecting and treating diseases and therefore requires specially trained professionals in their management and a systematic way of working.

• Hospitalisation
• Clinical process: 1 week

Who is it for?

Patients with:

• Dementia
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Delirium or acute confusional state
• Depression and anxiety
• Gait disturbances, unsteadiness. Immobility
• Malnutrition
• Sleep disorder
• Decline or “failure to thrive” syndrome

How do we do it?

It includes comprehensive geriatric assessment, assistance by a multidisciplinary team and the design of an individualised therapy plan, either as an outpatient or with a short hospitalisation.

The patient is comprehensively assessed:

• Clinical assessment: complete medical history, assessment of existing diseases or screening of potential diseases, drug treatment setting
• Functional assessment: autonomy and functional independence.
• Mental and psychic assessment: cognitive impairment assessment
• Social assessment.

A multidimensional individualised treatment plan is created for treatment purposes, including medical follow-up and rehabilitation management.

Duration:

1 week.

Include:

• Blood tests
• Chest and abdomen X-ray
• Electrocardiogram
• Gait assessment