πΏ Healthy Aging & Functional Screening · Apgujeong Hana Clinic
Senior Health Screening Age 60+ · Seoul
English-friendly senior health screening in Gangnam—combining chronic-disease and cancer prevention with medicine review, bone and fall risk, mobility, memory concerns, mood, nutrition, hearing, vision and daily-function assessment.
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Age- and function-based plan
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Medication and falls review
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English family follow-up
Healthy Aging Scorecard
Screen disease risk—and protect independence
Function matters
Heart & Metabolic
Blood pressure, glucose, lipids and vascular risk.
Bone, Strength & Falls
Fracture risk, balance, mobility and fall prevention.
Memory & Mood
Reported changes, depression, sleep and daily function.
Medication Safety
Prescription, OTC and supplement reconciliation.
Independent Living
Vision, hearing, nutrition, continence, daily activities, support and home safety.
Senior screening is more than a larger blood-test package. The goal is to identify treatable risk while preserving mobility, thinking, confidence and independence.
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Chronic-Disease Review
Heart, diabetes, kidney, liver and medication-related risk.
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Mobility & Falls
Balance, strength, gait, dizziness and home-safety concerns.
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Brain & Senses
Memory concerns, mood, hearing and vision.
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Individualised Follow-Up
Screening continues only when the likely benefit remains meaningful.
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English Senior Screening
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Internal-Medicine Evaluation
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Function & Independence Focus
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Apgujeong · Gangnam
What Is Senior Health Screening?
A preventive and functional review designed for adults aged 60 and older.
Senior health screening checks common chronic-disease and cancer risks while also reviewing the factors that determine whether a person can continue living safely and independently.
The visit may include blood pressure, glucose, lipids, liver and kidney assessment, selected blood or urine tests and age-appropriate cancer screening. It also looks at falls, strength, mobility, medicines, nutrition, mood, memory concerns, continence, hearing, vision and support at home.
Screening is not the same as diagnostic evaluation. New confusion, weakness, bleeding, chest pain, severe breathlessness, rapid weight loss or a recent serious fall requires prompt targeted care.
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Prevent Complications
Identify high blood pressure, diabetes and organ-health risk before further decline.
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Preserve Function
Mobility, balance, strength and daily activities are treated as health outcomes.
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Reduce Treatment Burden
Medication reconciliation can identify duplication, interactions and avoidable side effects.
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Coordinate Support
Patient goals, family input and follow-up responsibilities are made clear.
Screening Priorities By Age & Health Status
The best plan changes as age, function and previous screening change.
Age 60–64
Catch Up & Build The Baseline
Review overdue prevention before risks become more complex.
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Blood pressure, diabetes, lipids and smoking risk.
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Cancer-screening status and prior reports.
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Vaccination, hearing, vision and dental care.
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Strength, activity, sleep and nutrition baseline.
Age 65–74
Add Function, Bone & Falls
Healthy aging becomes a core screening objective.
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Falls, balance, gait, strength and medicine review.
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Osteoporosis screening for women aged 65+.
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Continue appropriate cancer screening.
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Review hearing, vision, memory concerns and support.
Age 75–84
Individualise Continuing Screening
Prior results and health status become increasingly important.
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Consider whether testing will change treatment.
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Balance procedure benefit against preparation and risk.
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Prioritise mobility, cognition, medicines and function.
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Selectively continue cancer screening.
Age 85+
Focus On Goals, Symptoms & Comfort
Avoid burdensome testing with little expected benefit.
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Treat symptoms and prevent falls or medication harm.
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Protect nutrition, mobility, mood and daily function.
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Review advance care and patient priorities when appropriate.
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Stop screening that is unlikely to improve outcomes.
Chronological age is only one part of the decision
A healthy 78-year-old who has never been screened may benefit differently from a frail 70-year-old with several serious conditions. Prior screening, life expectancy, preferences and procedure burden matter.
Core Medical Screening
Common chronic conditions may remain silent until complications develop.
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Blood Pressure
Repeated or home readings may be needed, especially with dizziness or medicine changes.
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Diabetes & Hypoglycaemia
Glucose goals and medicine safety should reflect age, function and low-sugar risk.
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Cholesterol & Vascular Risk
Lipids are interpreted with smoking, diabetes, kidney disease and treatment preferences.
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Liver Health
Metabolic risk, alcohol, hepatitis and medicines may require focused assessment.
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Kidney Health
Kidney function affects medicine doses, fluid balance and diabetes or blood-pressure care.
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Anaemia & Blood Health
Fatigue, bleeding risk, nutrition and chronic disease may justify a blood count.
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Thyroid Review
Testing is considered when symptoms, treatment or previous results make it relevant.
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Respiratory Health
Smoking, breathlessness, inhalers and infection risk are reviewed.
Medication Reconciliation
Every prescription, OTC medicine and supplement should be reviewed together.
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Medication review can be one of the highest-value parts of senior screening.
A medicine may still be appropriate but need a lower dose, different timing or closer monitoring as kidney function, blood pressure, weight, nutrition and fall risk change.
Duplication
Different brands or doctors may unintentionally prescribe medicines with overlapping effects.
Falls & Dizziness
Sedatives, blood-pressure medicine, glucose-lowering drugs and others may contribute.
Bleeding Risk
Blood thinners, antiplatelets, pain medicines and supplements may interact.
Kidney Dose
Some medicines require dose adjustment as kidney function changes.
Adherence
Complex schedules, cost, vision and memory can make correct use difficult.
Deprescribing Discussion
Medicines with little ongoing benefit or excessive burden may deserve review—not abrupt stopping.
Do not stop long-term medicines suddenly without medical advice
Some blood-pressure, steroid, psychiatric, seizure, sleep and other medicines can cause harm if stopped abruptly. Bring the actual containers or an updated list with dose and timing.
Mobility, Falls & Frailty
Falls are not an inevitable part of aging.
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Walking & Gait
Speed, steadiness, pain, aids and confidence can reveal functional decline.
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Balance
Instability, dizziness and turning difficulty may increase fall risk.
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Strength
Chair-rise ability, grip and lower-body strength influence independence.
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Previous Falls
Review circumstances, injury, loss of consciousness and fear of falling.
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Vision & Footwear
Poor vision, unsafe footwear and foot problems can contribute to falls.
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Home Safety
Lighting, stairs, loose rugs, bathrooms and grab supports may need attention.
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Medicine Risk
Sedation, low blood pressure and hypoglycaemia may cause instability.
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Exercise Plan
Strength and balance exercise can reduce falls in higher-risk adults aged 65+.
USPSTF recommends exercise interventions for community-dwelling adults aged 65+ at increased fall risk
A multifactorial plan may also address medicines, vision, environment, blood pressure, footwear and selected medical causes according to the individual.
Bone Health & Fracture Prevention
Bone screening should connect to fall prevention and treatment decisions.
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Women Aged 65+
Current USPSTF guidance recommends osteoporosis screening with DXA bone-density measurement, with or without fracture-risk assessment.
DXA Bone Density
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Men’s Bone Risk
Evidence is insufficient for universal population screening in men, so fracture, steroid use, low weight, hypogonadism and other risks guide decisions.
Individual Risk Review
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Previous Fragility Fracture
A low-trauma fracture may indicate osteoporosis and requires diagnostic and treatment assessment rather than routine screening alone.
Fracture Pathway
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Medicine-Related Risk
Long-term steroids and selected other medicines can increase bone loss or falls.
Medication Review
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Nutrition & Muscle
Protein, calcium, vitamin D status when indicated and resistance exercise support bone and function.
Nutrition + Strength
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Fracture Prevention
Bone treatment alone cannot prevent every fracture; falls, vision, balance and home safety also matter.
Integrated Prevention
Memory, Mood & Sleep
Reported changes should be evaluated, but routine universal cognitive screening remains uncertain.
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Memory Concerns
Ask about changes in appointments, finances, medicines, navigation and repeated questions.
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Daily Function
Difficulty cooking, shopping, driving or managing money can be clinically important.
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Sudden Confusion
Acute confusion is not normal aging and may indicate infection, medicine effects or another emergency.
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Sleep
Insomnia, sleep apnoea, restless legs and sedative use may affect thinking and falls.
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Depression
Low mood can affect appetite, memory, sleep, activity and treatment adherence.
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Alcohol & Substances
Alcohol can interact with medicines and contribute to falls, sleep and cognition problems.
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Hearing
Hearing loss can affect communication, safety, isolation and apparent cognition.
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Caregiver Input
With permission, family observations can clarify subtle changes and follow-up needs.
For asymptomatic community-dwelling adults aged 65+, USPSTF evidence is insufficient for routine cognitive screening
This does not mean ignoring concerns. Changes noticed by the patient, family or clinician should be assessed, including potentially reversible contributors such as medicines, depression, sleep, hearing and metabolic illness.
Vision, Hearing, Nutrition & Daily Function
Small changes can have a large effect on safety and independence.
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Vision
Review reading, driving, falls, cataract, glaucoma and diabetes-related eye care.
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Hearing
Ask about conversation difficulty, television volume, tinnitus and communication barriers.
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Oral Health
Dental pain, dentures, dry mouth and chewing problems can affect nutrition.
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Nutrition
Weight loss, low appetite, swallowing, food access and protein intake are reviewed.
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Continence
Urinary or bowel symptoms can affect sleep, falls, skin and social confidence.
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Basic Activities
Bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring and eating indicate daily independence.
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Complex Activities
Shopping, cooking, transport, finances and medicines may reveal early support needs.
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Social Support
Isolation, caregiving strain, finances and access to food or transport can affect health.
Cancer Screening After Age 60
Continue screening selectively according to organ, history, health and expected benefit.
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Colorectal Cancer
Screening is routinely recommended through age 75 in USPSTF guidance; ages 76–85 require an individual decision, and screening stops after 85.
FIT / FOBT / Colonoscopy
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Breast Cancer
Current USPSTF guidance supports biennial mammography through age 74. Beyond that, evidence is less certain and decisions should be individualised.
Mammography
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Cervical Cancer
Many women can stop after 65 when prior screening is adequate and risk is not high; previous abnormalities may require continued surveillance.
History-Based Decision
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Lung Cancer
Low-dose CT may continue for eligible high-risk smokers within the recommended age range and should stop when benefit is unlikely.
Low-Dose CT
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Stomach Cancer
Korea’s national program includes stomach screening from age 40, but older-age continuation should consider health, prior findings and procedure burden.
Gastroscopy / UGI
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Liver Cancer
Surveillance is for defined high-risk adults such as selected chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis groups, not all older adults.
Ultrasound + AFP
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Prostate Cancer
USPSTF recommends against routine PSA-based screening in men aged 70 and older because harms are more likely to outweigh benefits.
Symptom / Risk Review
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Previous Cancer or Lesion
Survivorship and surveillance plans differ from average-risk screening and may continue under specialist guidance.
Surveillance Plan
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Stop When Burden Exceeds Benefit
Preparation, sedation, biopsy risk, frailty and whether treatment would be pursued should be considered.
Shared Decision
Vaccination & Infection Prevention
Preventive care includes vaccines and early response to infection.
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Age-Appropriate Vaccines
Review influenza, COVID-19, pneumococcal, shingles, tetanus and other local recommendations.
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Travel & Exposure
Travel, household contacts, caregiving and residence setting may change vaccine needs.
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Respiratory Risk
Older age and chronic disease can increase the severity of influenza, pneumonia and other infections.
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Atypical Symptoms
Older adults may have weakness, confusion or falls rather than a high fever during infection.
Vaccine schedules change
The clinic should confirm current Korean recommendations, medical contraindications and previous doses rather than relying on an old printed schedule.
Your Senior Screening Journey
From health history to an achievable follow-up plan.
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Share History & Goals
Bring conditions, falls, symptoms, medicines, prior screening and patient priorities.
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Assess Risk & Function
Review chronic disease, mobility, cognition concerns, senses, nutrition and support.
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Select Appropriate Tests
Choose investigations likely to change care and avoid unnecessary burden.
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Complete Screening
Undergo selected measurements, laboratory tests and procedures.
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Prioritise Follow-Up
Organise treatment, referral, rehabilitation, support and future screening.
Preparing For The Visit
Good preparation improves safety and reduces repeated testing.
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Bring medicines, records and the person who knows the history best.
With the patient's permission, a family member or caregiver may help explain falls, memory or functional changes and understand the follow-up plan.
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Medicine List
Bring actual containers or a current list with dose, timing and purpose.
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Previous Reports
Bring laboratory, imaging, endoscopy, pathology, bone and vaccine records.
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Fasting
Confirm the exact food and water instructions for the chosen tests.
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Diabetes Medicines
Ask how to manage insulin or tablets when fasting.
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Aids
Bring glasses, hearing aids, walking aids and device lists.
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Transport
Sedation, dizziness or mobility needs may require an escort and no driving.
Understanding Results
Prioritise the changes most likely to improve safety, function and quality of life.
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Act Promptly
Address serious abnormalities, urgent symptoms or high-risk medicine problems.
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Restore Function
Treat pain, weakness, balance, nutrition, hearing or vision issues affecting independence.
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Schedule Follow-Up
Arrange diagnostic testing, referral, surveillance or repeat measurements.
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Maintain Prevention
Continue effective medicines, activity, vaccines and appropriate screening intervals.
A shorter priority list is often more useful than a longer report
The results plan should identify who will take each next step, when it should happen and what symptoms should trigger earlier review.
Benefits & Limitations
Senior screening should prevent harm without creating excessive burden.
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Identify treatable chronic-disease and medication risks.
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Reduce falls through strength, balance and multifactorial prevention.
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Detect osteoporosis and support fracture prevention.
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Evaluate memory, mood, hearing or function changes when concerns arise.
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Continue cancer screening when benefit remains meaningful.
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False-positive tests can lead to invasive follow-up and anxiety.
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Preparation, sedation and procedures can be harder with frailty or multiple conditions.
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Broad scans and tumour-marker panels may find incidental or low-value abnormalities.
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Routine cognitive screening has uncertain benefit in asymptomatic older adults.
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Screening should stop when it is unlikely to improve length or quality of life.
Symptoms That Need Prompt Diagnostic Care
Do not wait for a routine screening appointment when acute changes occur.
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Sudden Confusion
Acute confusion, unusual sleepiness or behaviour change can be a medical emergency.
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Stroke Symptoms
Facial droop, arm weakness, speech difficulty or sudden vision loss requires emergency care.
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Chest Pain or Breathlessness
New severe chest or breathing symptoms require prompt assessment.
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Bleeding
Black stool, vomiting blood, visible urine blood or heavy unexplained bleeding needs evaluation.
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Fall With Injury
Head impact, inability to bear weight, severe pain or anticoagulant use may require urgent care.
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Very Low Urine
Reduced urine, dehydration, vomiting or rapidly worsening weakness requires assessment.
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Rapid Weight Loss
Unexplained weight loss, swallowing difficulty or persistent loss of appetite needs diagnostic review.
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Rapid Deterioration
Fever, weakness or functional decline over hours or days should not be treated as normal aging.
Korean NHIS & Private Senior Screening
National benefits and private personalised programs are separate.
Korea's NHIS provides eligible general health and six-cancer screening through authorised institutions. A private senior program may add medicine, falls, function or other assessments, and some items may be non-covered.
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NHIS Screening
Eligibility, intervals and authorised-provider rules follow current national criteria.
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Private Senior Review
Function, medicines, falls and additional tests may be organised outside national benefits.
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Foreign Residents
Bring identification, insurance details and Korean or overseas medical records.
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Confirm Cost
Ask which items are covered, private, optional or arranged through another facility.
Apgujeong, Gangnam
Senior health screening with English support.
Apgujeong Hana Clinic provides internal-medicine screening, medicine reconciliation, healthy-aging risk review and clear results follow-up for older international patients, residents and families in Seoul.
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328 Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, KFC Building 3F
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Monday–Friday 09:00–19:00
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Saturday 09:00–13:00
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02) 3443-7550
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Internal-Medicine Senior Review
Medical risk, medicines, mobility, memory concerns and screening results are combined into a practical plan for safety, function and appropriate follow-up.
FAQ
Senior health screening questions, answered.
Exact tests, intervals, preparation, coverage and whether screening should continue depend on health status, prior results, preferences and the confirmed clinic plan.
A senior screening visit may include medical history, blood pressure, diabetes and lipid review, liver and kidney assessment, selected cancer screening, medicine reconciliation, falls and mobility review, bone health, nutrition, mood, memory concerns, hearing, vision, vaccination and daily-function assessment.
No. Ages 60 to 64 can be a useful time to update chronic-disease risk, overdue cancer screening, medicines, vaccination, hearing, vision, strength and future healthy-aging priorities.
Current USPSTF guidance recommends osteoporosis screening for women aged 65 and older. For men, evidence is insufficient for universal screening, so fracture history, medicines and individual risk guide the decision.
The visit may review previous falls, dizziness, balance, walking, strength, vision, footwear, home hazards and medicines that increase fall risk. Exercise is recommended for adults aged 65 and older who are at increased fall risk.
Memory or functional changes reported by the patient, family or clinician should be evaluated. For asymptomatic adults 65 and older, USPSTF evidence remains insufficient to recommend routine universal cognitive screening.
There is no single stop age for every cancer. Decisions consider the cancer, previous screening, overall health, expected benefit, procedure risk and personal preference. For example, USPSTF colorectal guidance individualises ages 76 to 85 and stops after 85.
Older adults may take several prescriptions, OTC medicines and supplements. Review can identify duplication, interactions, dizziness, low blood pressure, hypoglycaemia, bleeding risk, kidney-dose issues and medicines that may increase falls.
Yes, with the patient's permission. A family member or caregiver can help share medication lists, changes in function or memory and follow-up needs while respecting the patient's privacy and choices.
Some combined laboratory or imaging programs require fasting, while others do not. Follow the clinic's exact instructions about food, water, medicines, alcohol and morning diabetes treatment.
Yes. Apgujeong Hana Clinic provides English booking support, preparation guidance, internal-medicine screening, result explanation and follow-up for older international patients and their families in Seoul.
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English Senior Screening
Screen for disease risk while protecting strength and independence.
Contact Apgujeong Hana Clinic to discuss age, medicines, falls, mobility, memory concerns, previous screening and preparation requirements.