COAST: A Comprehensive Older-Adult Screening Tool

Karima Alabasi, Nancy J. Gal, and Wendy J. Dahl

Release Date: 9/30/2024

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

The Comprehensive Older Adult Screening Tool (COAST) is a valid and practical tool to determine if community-dwelling older adults, specifically older adults of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for malnutrition. This publication provides an introduction to COAST as well as the 5-question screening tool. The most recent revision includes an update to the screening tool format.

About this Publication

This document is FSHN20-37, one of a series of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2020. Revised Febuary 2021 and June 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Karima Alabasi, former doctoral student, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Nancy J. Gal, Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County; and Wendy J. Dahl, associate professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Nancy Gal

County agent

University of Florida

Extension agent IV emeritus, food and consumer sciences, UF/IFAS Marion County Extension

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Wendy Dahl

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

professor and Extension specialist, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

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Also available in

Spanish

Publication #FSHN20-37