Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Effectiveness of EASYcare-based Geriatric Intermediate Care
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to study the effects of nursing home visits in independently living elderly people on their functional performance and health-related quality of life. The general practitioner (GP) can refer elderly people to this intervention model after identification of a problem in cognition, mood, behavior, mobility, or nutrition. A specialist geriatric nurse visits the patients at home up to six times and coaches the patient in cooperation with the GP and geriatrician.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* 70 years of age and over
* The patient lives independently or in a home for the aged
* The patient has a health problem that was recently presented to the GP by the patient or informal caregiver
* The request for help is related to the following problem fields: cognitive disorders, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, mood disorders, mobility disorders and falling, or malnutrition
* The patient/informal caregiver and GP have determined a goal they want to achieve
* Fulfill one or more of these criteria: MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) equal to or less than 26, GARS (Groningen Activity Restriction Scale) equal to or greater than 25 or MOS-20/subscale mental health equal to or less than 75

Exclusion Criteria:

* The problem or request for help has an acute nature, urging for action (medical or otherwise) within less than one week
* The problem or request for help is merely a medical diagnostic issue, urging for action only physicians (GP or specialist) can offer
* MMSE \< 20 or proved moderate to severe dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating scale \[CDR\] \> 1, 0) and no informal caregiver (no informal caregiver is defined as: no informal caregiver who meets the patient for at least once a week on average)
* The patient receives other forms of intermediate care or health care from a social worker or community-based geriatrician
* The patient is already on the waiting list for a nursing home because of the problem the patient is presented with in our study
* Predicted prognosis \< 6 months because of terminal illness
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* 80 years and older or 65 to 79 years and having at least one chronic disease and being dependent in at least one activity of daily living

Exclusion Criteria:

* acute severely sick who immediately needs the assessment of a physician (within ten minutes)
* those with diagnosis of dementia (or severe cognitive impairment)
* patients in palliative care
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient is 75 years of age and older
* Patient is listed on the roster of a participating family physician practice
* Patient resides in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area
* Patient or proxy able to answer questions in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Principal residence is nursing home or long term care facility
* Patient is identified by family physician as palliative
* Patient currently receives home care services through the Community Care Access Centre
* Patient is a 'snowbird' and out of town for more than four weeks in any year
* Patient is scheduled for major elective surgery in the next year
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Frail community dwelling elderly patients aged 70 years or above. Frailty is determined with a two-phase screening instrument.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-frail elders
* Patients in palliative or end-of-life stages of disease
* Patients residing in long-term care facilities (care homes and nursing homes)
* Patients already enrolled in specific dementia-related case-management programmes who lack other health-related problems
* Patients not speaking or understanding the Dutch language

Answer: A