Diagnostic testing and treatment are determined based on ability to improve disease process or quality of life/goals of care.

A summary of the risk factors, incidence, and survival associated with intraoperative cardiac arrest.

Initial diagnosis of tinnitus by history and physical exam.

Learn to assess post-stroke depression (PSD).

Mobility is one of the 4 Ms of an Age-Friendly healthcare system.  This “M” emphasizes mobility.

In 2017, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the John A Hartford Foundation (JAHF), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Catholic Health Association (CHA) of the United States addressed the development of age-friendly health systems using a clinical framework to improve the complex care of older adults.

These organizations defined and operationalized age-friendly care following the guidelines of beneficence, evidence-based medicine, and patient/family aligned goals and concerns. The 4M Framework was the result: What Matters Most, Mentation, Mobility, and Medication.  A 5^th M is often incorporated to include Multi-Morbidity, which calls attention to the multiple, often inter-related, health problems that many older adults face. This Geriatric Fast Fact focuses on Mobility.

Older adults may have fewer options for transportation to medical appointments. Telemedicine (telephone or audio-visual communication) can improve patient health, lower healthcare costs, reduce wait times, reach a broader geographic region, and limit unnecessary exposures of patients to infection.

Dementia is a growing public health concern with timely diagnosis an important part of high-quality care for older adults.

Guardianship is the court appointment of legal authority over the person and property of another individual, called the ward. Consultation with an attorney or bioethicist is advised for individual patient cases.

Depression in older adults, even major depression, is treatable. 

Identify the specific difficult behavior and apply best practice management strategies.