Practical Functional Assessment of Elderly Persons: A Primary-Care Approach

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 890-910

  Fleming, Kevin C ^a   Evans, Jonathan M ^a   Weber, David C ^a   Chutka, Darryl S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; ADLs; Mini Mental State Examination; MMSE; range of motion; ROM; urinary incontinence; VI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VISION;

EID: 0029098535     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/70.9.890     Document Type: Article

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