Evaluating the caregiver's intervention in the elder's task performance: Capacity versus actual behavior

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 920-925

  Fulmer, Terry ^a,c   Gurland, Barry ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Capacity; Cognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EXPECTATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF MEDICATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGISTRIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030931890     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199709)12:9<920::AID-GPS664>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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