Chapter 1: The Contexts of Geriatric Assessment
Hillary Bogner & Joseph Gallo
Chapter 2: Emergency Assessment of the Older Adult
Chad VanDerHeyden & Arthur Sanders
Chapter 3: Ethnicity
Charles P. Mouton & Yolanda B. Esparza
Chapter 4: The Older Driver
David Carr & George W. Rebok
Chapter 5: Enhancing Advance Directive Discussions Using the Values History
David J. Doukas & Laurence B. McCullough & Monica Crane
Chapter 6: Recognizing Elder Abuse and Neglect
Carla VandeWeerd, Adolfo Firpo, Terry Fulmer, Gregory J. Paveza, Marguarette M. Bolton
Chapter 7: Cognitive Assessment
Joseph J. Gallo
Chapter 8: Depression Assessment
Joseph J. Gallo
Chapter 9: Substance Use and Abuse Assessment
Faika Zanjani & David Oslin
Chapter 10: Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Joseph J. Gallo & Gregory J. Paveza
Chapter 11: Social Assessment of Older Adults
Carmen Morano & Barbara Morano
Chapter 12: Physical Assessment
David Nicklin
Chapter 13: Pain Assessment
James P. Richardson
Chapter 14: Health Promotion
Meredith Wallace, Joyce Shea, Carrie Guttman
Chapter 15: Assessment of Older Adults in Their Home
Lucia C. Kim & Carmel Bitondo Dyer
Chapter 16: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Nursing Home
Miriam B. Rodin
Chapter 17: Assessment at the Time of Hospitalization
Marilyn Lopez
Chapter 18: Adherence to Medical Treatment
Hillary Bogner & Monica Crane
Chapter 19: Developing and Managing a High Functioning Interdisciplinary Team
Eugenia L. Siegler
Chapter 20: In the Wake of Terrorism: Mechanisms of Geriatric Assessment
Ian Portelli & Terry Fulmer