Neurologic Assessment of the Older Adult: A Guide for Nurses (Guideline PDF Only)
The purpose of this guide is to assist registered nurses, patient care units, and institutions in providing safe and effective care to older adults with neurologic conditions. (Guideline PDF Only)
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For the purposes of this guideline older adult will be defined as 65 years and older; however, the individual practitioner should note that this age is not absolute because chronological age does not equal biological age. Aging is a multifactorial process involving the genetic, behavioral, and pathological factors that make each person unique. The goal of the guideline is to provide background on the biology of aging in the nervous system and to consider its implications for initial and ongoing neurologic assessment of the older adult, stressing the difference between this assessment and that of the younger adult.