[Difficulties encountered by the general practitioner in the management of the elderly people in complex medical and psycho-social condition: role of mobile teams].

Objective: Assessed the difficulties encountered by general practitioners in the care of the elderly with complex medical and psycho-social conditions, their knowledge of the geriatric network, the interest engendered by setting-up mobile community based geriatric units.

Methods: The survey was both qualitative and quantitative and took the form of a telephone interview and a multimodal questionnaire (telephone interview, postal or email questionnaire) of general practitioners in the areas of Annecy, Grenoble and Roanne (France).

Results: Sixty five per cent of the 129 GPs contacted by telephone said the survey interested them.

[Triage risk screening tool (TRST) in screening elderly patients requiring the intervention of a mobile geriatric team: results of a pilot study].

Improving care and health course for hospitalized elderly patients is one of the tasks set out in the "Rapport du parcours de santé des PAERPA" (elderly people with or at risk of functional decline). Identification of the needs of a mobile geriatric team (MGT) intervention for the patients remain difficult in emergency department and in medical surgical units. A screening tool is needed and should be simple and fast to use.