COAST: A Comprehensive Older-Adult Screening Tool
Karima Alabasi, Nancy J. Gal, and Wendy J. Dahl
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.