Systematic review of EASY-care needs assessment for community-dwelling older people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

undertaking comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGAs) combined with long-term health and social care management can improve the quality of life of older people [ 1]. The EASY-Care tool is a CGA instrument designed for assessing the physical, mental and social functioning and unmet health and social needs of older people in community settings or primary care. It has also been used as a frailty assessment tool and for gathering population-level data.

Objective

to review the evidence of reliability, validity and acceptability of EASY-Care and its appropriateness for assessing the needs of community-dwelling older people.

Methods

systematic search of literature databases using pre-defined search terms (January 1994-May 2014) for English language articles repor

SUBMITTER: Craig C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4476847 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature