Giselle Falconi, MD @GFalconi
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Giselle is passionate about health care disparities, interprofessional education and culturally competent care. She is originally from Peru and is interested in pursuing a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine after residency. https://twitter.com/gfalconi_md
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Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
may increase the risk ... increase in the risk ... of death. ... Cognitive #Burden #Geriatrics ... #Medications #List
A priority in this project was to appropriately stratify participants into a low, medium, or high-intensity
for Fall Risk Assessment ... The algorithm is ... Elderly Accidents, Deaths ... Diagnosis #Management #Geriatrics ... #Fall #Risk #Screening
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
Scale of greater ... or equal to 7 FAST ... Scale Items: Stage ... intelligible vocabulary lost ... Hospice #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
5 Dementia hospice eligibility • Stage 7 or beyond according to the FAST scale • Unable
according to the FAST ... scale • Unable ... hospice Medicare guidelines ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... FunctionalAssessmentStagingTest #Scale
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
predictive of death ... and not at high risk ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... Clinical #Frailty #Scale
Supportive & Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT)

The SPICT is used to help identify people whose health
loss over the last ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #SPICT #Tool #Risk ... #Death #Deteriorating