This book offers an up-to-date review on the principles and practice of multidimensional assessment and management of the older individual, which represents the cornerstone of modern clinical practice in the elderly. The early chapters cover the main elements and scope of the comprehensive geriatric approach and explain the pathways of care from screening and case finding through to in-depth assessment and treatment planning. Subsequent chapters review the evidence of how best to apply the multidimensional assessment and management approach in defined healthcare settings and within specific clinical areas, such as cancer and surgery. Finally, the education and training challenges are reviewed and the prospects for future clinical service and research in this important field are examined. The book is very timely given the recent advances in application of this approach, which reflect the growing international realization that older people are?core business? in many clinical areas where the role of specialist geriatric medicine has hitherto been limited. Accordingly, the book will be relevant to a wide range of clinicians. The authorship comprises many of the best known and widely published experts in their respective fields.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment : an updated perspective /Luigi Ferrucci and Stefania Orini -- Different domains of the comprehensive geriatric assessment / Stefano Volpato and Jack M. Guralnik -- Patient, the multidisciplinary team and the assessment / Finbarr C. Martin -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the hospital / Alberto Pilotto and Nicola Veronese -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in long-term care and nursing homes / Francesco Panza, Madia Lozupone, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Francesca D'Urso, Roberta Stallone, Alessia Noia, Antonello Bellomo, Davide Seripa, Antonio Greco, and Giancarlo Logroscino -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the community and in outpatient consultation / Alberto Cella -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment and personalized medicine / Arduino A. Mangoni -- CGA and clinical decision-making : the multidimensional prognostic index / Alberto Pilotto, Julia Daragjati, and Nicola Veronese -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department / Simon Conroy, Els Devriendt, and Sarah Turpin -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in cancer patients / Philippe Caillet, Frederic Pamoukdjian, Anastaric Obraztsova, and Elena Paillaud -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in orthogeriatrics / Andrea Giusti and Christian Kammerlander -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in patients with organ failure / Nicola Veronese, Anna Maria Mello, Clarissa Musacchio, and Alberto Pilotto -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in perioperative medicine / Jugdeep Dhesi and Judith Partridge -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment in patients with cognitive decline / Maria Cristina Polidori -- Teaching CGA / Regina Elisabeth Roller, Maria Christina Polidari, and Katrin Singler.