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Allison O'Hare1, Joanna Harrison2, James Hill3
1Consultant Nurse, Associate Director of Nursing, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
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With more than 11 million community-dwelling older adults in England and Wales, and one in four having two or more long-term conditions, the need to help older people to remain healthy and well is a priority. A comprehensive geriatric assessment is identified as a gold standard for improving outcomes for older adults in a hospital setting and is recommended for older adult inpatients. However, knowledge gaps remain on comprehensive geriatric assessment conducted in a community setting. This commentary critically appraises a systematic integrated review that synthesises the evidence for conducting a comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults in a community setting on health outcomes, and the barriers and facilitators to implementation.
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