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What tool or tools would be most appropriate for assessing an elder in the community or in the hospital? Give your rationale for the choices
The assessment of elders is a multidimensional, multidisciplinary assessment organised to evaluate an older person's functional ability, physical, cognition and mental health, and socioenvironmental circumstances.
Tools that helps to asses an elder in the community
Mainly there are 2 tools
1. Medical
2. Non medical
Medical
This includes the assessment of physical health by the amount of medicines used by the elder or no use of medications. Also different tests like ECG, stress test and CBC can be a helpful in assessing an elder
Non medical
Here, the elder is assessed by non medical aspects of his life like how he's coping with the age , how's his immunity, how's his tolerance to stress during activities and so on .