Home Visit Assessments
University of Minnesota Medical School
Attachments
http://www.geriatrics.umn.edu/SAT/home.cfmThis is a multimedia web site to prepare students to perform geriatric assessments in the home setting. A worksheet is provided to guide the student through the exercise. Videos (with audio only option) offer examples of a physician performing the assessment and two different patients' responses.
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate appropriate etiquette for interacting with an elderly person in his/her home.
- Take a history and perform a screening examination for dementia.
- Compile a medication list based upon observation.
- Describe services available to seniors in the high-rise setting.
- Perform a home-based assessment of safety.
- Perform an assessment of function, based upon both history and observation.
- Obtain information about a senior's life history, social interaction, and spiritual connections.
- Perform an assessment of a senior's health promotion behaviors.
To take advantage of the viewing and listening files that are part of the orientation materials, you will need the following multimedia enabling software:
- the RealPlayer media plug-in (http://www.real.com/player/index.html)
- a WWW browser such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer versions 4.0 (or higher)
If you don't have the necessary software installed, you can download the applications free of charge. The good news is that if your computer/browser is of recent vintage (within the last 2-3 years), you probably have what you need to play the video and audio files contained in the orientation. Please note, you may adequately prepare for your home visit without accessing the multimedia files.