Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older people admitted to a surgical service

Background Aging populations are at increased risk of postoperative complications. New methods to provide care for older people recovering from surgery may reduce surgery‐related complications. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been shown to improve some outcomes for medical patients, such as enabling them to continue living at home, and has been proposed to have positive impacts for surgical patients. CGA is a coordinated, multidisciplinary collaboration that assesses the medical, psychosocial and functional capabilities and limitations of an older person, with the goal of establishing a treatment plan and long‐term follow‐up.