Book contents
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General principles
- Section 2 Common high-risk presentations in the elderly
- Section 3 Systems
- Section 4 Special topics
- 28 Alternative geriatric care and quality metrics
- 29 Functional assessment of the elderly
- 30 Palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency department
- 31 Social services and case management
- 32 Falls and fall prevention in the elderly
- 33 Financial issues in geriatric emergency care
- 34 Elder mistreatment
- Index
29 - Functional assessment of the elderly
from Section 4 - Special topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2014
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General principles
- Section 2 Common high-risk presentations in the elderly
- Section 3 Systems
- Section 4 Special topics
- 28 Alternative geriatric care and quality metrics
- 29 Functional assessment of the elderly
- 30 Palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency department
- 31 Social services and case management
- 32 Falls and fall prevention in the elderly
- 33 Financial issues in geriatric emergency care
- 34 Elder mistreatment
- Index
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- Geriatric Emergency MedicinePrinciples and Practice, pp. 313 - 321Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014