Geriatric health assessor is a professional medical and health profession, responsible for assessing and diagnosing the health status of the elderly and providing targeted health management suggestions and programs. They provide comprehensive health management services for the elderly through comprehensive evaluation of their physical condition, nutritional status, mental health and social support. The main responsibilities are as follows:
1. Collecting information: The health appraisers of the elderly can fully understand the health status of the elderly by checking their physical condition, health history, nutritional status, daily living ability, mental health, social support and other information.
2. Assessing the health status of the elderly: According to the collected information, the health status of the elderly is assessed by the health assessor, including physical status, nutritional status, mental health and social support.
3. Make a health plan: According to the evaluation results, the health appraiser for the elderly will make a personalized health management plan for the elderly and provide corresponding health management suggestions and guidance.
4. Providing health consultation: The health appraiser for the elderly provides health consultation services for the elderly and answers the problems encountered by the elderly in the process of health management.
Elderly health assessors need to have professional background of basic medical knowledge, professional knowledge of health management and psychological knowledge, as well as comprehensive ability, communication ability and teamwork ability. They can usually work in hospitals, nursing homes, community health service centers and other places.