Stern, now 82, seems to anticipate this criticism in the preface, where he tells us that he is tempted to say "this is an old man's book," a "geriatric self-inoculation" aimed at eliciting a charitable reading.
Further efforts should be made to determine which subpopulations of patients should be targeted (eg, patients previously unknown to the general practitioner, patients discharged from hospital), to define the groups of patients who could especially profit from a geriatric self-assessment.
As they lounge about the place, indulging their macho-geriatric self-pity and lamenting lost youth and missed sexual opportunities, they exchange idle conversation with a fellow guest, conceited young Hollywood star Jimmy Tree Paul Danoo).
There was no change in the CGI Clinical Global Impressionn scale), CGIC (Clinical Global Impression of Change), or the NOSGER (Nurses Observational Scale for Geriatric Patients) self-care subscale.
There are different measurement instruments that have been used, such as Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes (FAQs) [ 32– 35]; the Geriatric Knowledge Self-Assessment Tool [ 21]; the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Test [ 30, 36]; the UCLA Geriatrics Knowledge Test [ 37, 38]; and the University of Michigan Geriatrics Knowledge Test [ 39, 40].
Depression and apathy were assessed by the short form of the Geriatric Depression Scale (self- and informant-reported) (GDS) [ 75 ], the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (clinician-rated) (CSDD) [ 76 ], and the Apathy Evaluation Scale (self-, informand- and clinician-rated) (AES) [ 77 ].
They exchanged self-deprecating talk about their "geriatric set".
Only the geriatric depression scale is self administered.
A beloved New York fashion icon and self-styled "geriatric starlet", Mrs Apfel is famous for dressing with delirious, eye-searing panache.
Suggested by 2baz, MrCrocker The 2015 film celebrating self-described "geriatric starlet" Iris Apfel, by Grey Gardens documentary-maker Albert Maysles, garnered rave reviews from critics, editors, and fashionistas around the globe.
To investigate the association between multimorbidity a construct comprising several health domains (medical comorbidity, musculoskeletal, physical and social functional status, mental health, and geriatric problems)—and overall self-rated health (SRH), an important chronic disease health outcome.
