Table 1.

The GERIATRIC 5Ms

GERIATRIC 5Ms*DESCRIPTION
Mind
  • Mentation

  • Dementia

  • Delirium

  • Depression

Mobility
  • Impaired gait and balance

  • Fall injury prevention

Medications
  • Polypharmacy, deprescribing

  • Optimal prescribing

  • Adverse medication effects and medication burden

Multicomplexity
  • Multimorbidity

  • Complex biopsychosocial situations

Matters most
  • Each individual’s own meaningful health outcome goals and care preferences

  • * A French version was also developed by José Morais from McGill University in Montreal, Que: mental, mobilité, médication, multi-pathologie, mes motivations.

  • Adapted from Molnar et al.1