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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Part of the book series: Practical Issues in Geriatrics ((PIG))

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Long-term care (LTC) refers to a variety of services and facilities, including nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and LTC hospitals, which help meet both the medical and nonmedical needs of older people with chronic disorders or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods. In this scenario, CGA and quality of care in long-term care have been a challenge for decades. In the present chapter, we considered the body of evidence coming from clinical research devoted to the systematic implementation of CGA programs, with a focus on long-term care, i.e., rehabilitation units and nursing homes, analyzing the benefits that come from the application in these scenarios of the broad principles of CGA.

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  1. Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

    Francesco Panza, Madia Lozupone, Roberta Stallone & Giancarlo Logroscino

  2. Unit of Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro” at “Pia Fondazione Card. G. Panico”, Tricase, Lecce, Italy

    Francesco Panza & Giancarlo Logroscino

  3. Geriatric Unit and Gerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza , San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy

    Francesco Panza, Davide Seripa & Antonio Greco

  4. Geriatric Medicine-Memory Unit and Rare Disease Centre, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

    Vincenzo Solfrizzi & Alessia Noia

  5. Psychiatric Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

    Francesca D’Urso & Antonello Bellomo

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Panza, F. et al. (2018). Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes. In: Pilotto, A., Martin, F. (eds) Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62503-4_5

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