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JOHN A. HARTFORD FOUNDATION ACKNOWLEDGMENT
INTRODUCTION
RECENT ALERTS
FORMULAS AND REFERENCE INFORMATION
ASSESSMENT AND APPROACH
APPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING, DRUG INTERACTIONS, AND ADVERSE EVENTS
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ABUSE
ANTICOAGULATION
ANXIETY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
DELIRIUM
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS
ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
FALLS
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
HEARING IMPAIRMENT
HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
INCONTINENCE—URINARY AND FECAL
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
KIDNEY DISORDERS
MALNUTRITION
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
OSTEOPOROSIS
PAIN
PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
PREOPERATIVE AND PERIOPERATIVE CARE
PREVENTION
PROSTATE DISORDERS
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
SKIN ULCERS
SLEEP DISORDERS
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
WOMEN'S HEALTH

APPENDIXES

ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS

MINI-COG ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR DEMENTIA
PHYSICAL SELF-MAINTENANCE SCALE (ADLS)
INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE (IADLS)
PHQ–9 QUICK DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT
GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS, SHORT FORM)
BRIEF HEARING LOSS SCREENER
PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT (POMA)
ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT SCALE (AIMS)
PAIN SCALES FOR ASSESSING PAIN INTENSITY
BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY (SHORT FORM)
KARNOFSKY SCALE
PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE (PPS)
REISBERG FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT STAGING (FAST) SCALE
AUA SYMPTOM INDEX FOR BPH
MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT
CMS GUIDANCE ON UNNECESSARY DRUGS IN THE NURSING HOME
MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND WEB SITES
LIST OF AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

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