Geriatric Consultations
Referrals
Refer via HealthLink: Consult to Gerontology
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(608) 263-7740
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- Improved functional status
- Decreased chance of admission to hospital, nursing home or other care facility
- Decreased fall risk
- Reduced adverse effects of medications
- Improved quality-of-life
- Enhanced care management with primary care team
- Decline in functional status and/or declined capacity for self-care, including falls
- Early or progressive memory difficulty
- Complicated medication management, including history of adverse drug reactions
- Late-life depression, anxiety, sleep issues and other psychiatric difficulties
- Memory loss, impaired problem-solving and associated behavior problems
- Atypical features of dementia
- Evidence for declining functional status related to cognitive issues
- Cognitive changes that may be related to medications
- Recurrent falls with or without physical injury
- Fear of falling with functional consequences
- Declining mobility and function
Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Clinic
Our Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Clinic is designed for patients over the age of 60 who are referred by their surgeons for assistance in preparing for complex surgeries. Older adults have a greater risk of certain health complications during and after surgery. Our POSH providers provide comprehensive evaluation of each individual's risk and work closely with you and your surgical team to prepare for a successful surgery and healthy recovery.
Surgery categories include:
- Gastrointestinal Oncology Surgeries
- Gynecological Oncology Surgeries
- Vascular Surgeries
- Cancer related surgeries
POSH patients are followed in the hospital by the ACE inpatient geriatric team to further help in healthy recovery and safe discharge.