What is a 'geriatric screening' for long-term care?

What is a 'geriatric screening' for long-term care?

Karl Steinberg (Associate Medical Director, Sharp Mission Park Medical Group) gives expert video advice on: What is a geriatric care manager?; How do I find a geriatric care manager?; How do I find long-term care for a chronically ill parent? and more...

A geriatric screening would be a comprehensive assessment that could be done by a geriatrician, or in some instances, they have comprehensive geriatric clinics where they might see a variety of different professionals. They might see a psychologist, and a physical therapist and so on. And that would help to determine if a person needs to move to some sort of long-term care setting, or if not, how much assistance they might require in their own home, and things of that nature. So, those can be helpful.