NR 601 Week 3: Geriatric Assessment Tools

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Requirements: 

Assessment tools are an excellent resource to use when evaluating your patients. A quick internet search can assist you in locating multiple assessment tools which can screen your patients for many disorders. The following listed assessment tools are commonly used in primary care and can be located through an internet search. Please use only the tools listed below for this discussion. Please copy and paste the full name of the screening tool to assure you have located the appropriate tool.

• BODE Index for COPD
• Fulmer SPICES
• The General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (CPCOG)
• US Preventative Services Task Force The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification or AUDIT (AUDIT-C)
• Medication Appropriateness Index
• Mini Nutritional Assessment Index
• Katz Activity of Daily Living Scale
• Lawton and Brody Scale for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
• Hendrik II Fall risk model
• St Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS)
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
• Lubben Social Support Scale

Choose two assessment tools that are appropriate for primary care (excluding any depression, anxiety and pain screening tools) and discuss the following:

1. Explain the purpose of the tool (2-3 sentences)
2. Tool scoring guidelines  (2-3 sentences of assessed content and scoring ranges used for results interpretation)
3. How you can apply the assessment in your clinical practice
4. Your evaluation of the usefulness of the chosen tool in the primary care setting