1. What CGA is - and is not
Define CGA as a multidimensional, multidisciplinary and iterative clinical process. Distinguish CGA from a clerking template, screening tool or one-off assessment.
Learning programme · #P6
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
A ten-module pathway from multidomain assessment to a prioritised, coordinated and reviewable care plan.
Who this programme is for
Designed for healthcare professionals assessing, treating, rehabilitating or coordinating care for older adults. Modules may be completed independently or as a structured programme.
Certificate process: Integrated final assessment + optional private reflection + course completion certificate
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2. Who needs CGA and when
Identify clinical patterns that should prompt consideration of CGA. Use frailty, multimorbidity, geriatric syndromes and functional change as triggers rather than rigid eligibility rules.
3. Medical and physical domain
Build a problem list that integrates acute illness, chronic disease and geriatric syndromes. Distinguish diagnosis from impact on function and goals.
4. Medicines and treatment burden
Perform a structured medicines review within CGA. Identify indication, benefit, harm, adherence, monitoring and treatment burden.
5. Cognition, delirium and psychological health
Differentiate delirium, dementia, depression and other cognitive/psychological problems. Use baseline cognition and collateral history appropriately.
6. Function, mobility, falls and rehabilitation
Assess ADLs, IADLs, mobility, gait, balance and rehabilitation potential. Use current falls guidance to structure multifactorial assessment.
7. Nutrition, continence, pain and sensory health
Identify undernutrition risk, swallowing issues, dehydration and oral-health contributors. Assess continence, pain, vision and hearing as functional determinants.
8. Social, environmental and carer domains
Assess social support, carer capacity, isolation, finance and safeguarding concerns. Assess the home environment, accessibility, equipment and community services.
9. Future wishes, goals and anticipatory care
Elicit what matters to the person and convert it into meaningful goals. Incorporate advance care planning, treatment preferences and future wishes appropriately.
10. From assessment to integrated care plan
Convert multidomain information into a prioritised problem list. Assign actions, ownership, timescales and review points.
Course completion
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