POLICY BRIEF article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1584990
This article is part of the Research TopicEnhancing Geriatric Care: International Collaboration and Best Practices for Aging PopulationsView all 17 articles
Brief geriatric assessments for older adults in the community in Singapore: a policy brief
Provisionally accepted
- 1Geriatric Education & Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
- 2Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Early detection and assessment of geriatric syndromes and social issues is important to help older adults maintain health and functional ability.• While comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is considered the gold standard, it is resource intensive to implement. Shorter forms such as brief geriatric assessment (BGA) could be an alternative. • We adopted a multi-method three-phase study to understand how BGAs could be implemented in the community. • Findings suggest that BGAs can help to identify older adults with unmet needs or geriatric syndromes for further appropriate assessments. A BGA should include an assessment of physical health, psychological health, functional ability, mobility, and social needs. Stakeholder dialogues emphasised that BGAs should align with the existing system of screening and assessments spearheaded by other governmental agencies.
Keywords: Brief geriatric assessment, Community screening, Community Health, Integrated Care, policy, older adults
Received: 28 Feb 2025; Accepted: 24 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tan, Gao, Ho, Lau, Lun and Ding. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Woan Shin Tan, Geriatric Education & Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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