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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

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What is the problem:

The baby boomers are aging – by 2030, the population over 65 will more than double to over 70 million people in the U.S. A great majority of these older persons are in California.

Health care providers and health care organizations must implement geriatric models of care and geriatric best practices to care for this growing older

population optimally.

Learning Objectives:

After the activity, participants will be able to:
1. Identifythegeriatricsyndromescommonlyaffectingolderpersons
2. Describegeriatricassessmenttoolsthatcanbeusedbyhealthcareproviders
3. Compare/Contrasttreatmentofdifferentgeriatricsyndromes,withparticularfocus

on delirium

References:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/12/by-2030-all-baby-boomers-will-be-age-65-or- older.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473250/