Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (Tests) for Bladder Cancer Participants Undergoing Radical Cystectomy

An educational program designed by geriatricians, surgeons, anesthesiologists and palliative care physicians to help people with bladder cancer who plan to receive a cystectomy learn strategies to improve their mobility, medication management, mental clarity/delirium and how they document important side effects or health issues after surgery.

A geriatric team will meet with participants after surgery to help them reinforce the strategies they learned in the education video sessions. As part of a geriatric service, this team will also help participants plan/coordinate their discharge from the hospital after surgery.

These questionnaires will ask about the participants' mobility, frailty, quality of life and additional health/risk factors before and after surgery.