In our department, elderly people are evaluated in respect to hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, chronic pulmonary diseases, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, general check-up and other internal diseases as well as prostatic diseases, falls, fractures, osteoporosis, arthritis, incontinence (unintentional loss of stool or urine), depression, dementia, social and functional life of elderly people and accurate medication use.
Any patient who applies to our department is subjected to an extensive geriatric evaluation. Patients are given an extensive examination after they are subjected to tests for evaluating functions at home and during daily life (Daily Basic Life Activities Test, Lawton & Browdy Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale), evaluation test for nutritional status (Mini Nutritional Test), forgetfulness tests (Mini Mental Status Exam, Clock Drawing), depression test (Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale), movement problems test (Mobility Test) regardless of the symptoms of patient. Patient evaluation lasts approximately 30-45 minutes. Furthermore, when deemed necessary, patients are evaluated by geriatrics nurse, social services expert and dietician, who is also included in the geriatrics staff.