Caregivers' judgments of the functional abilities of the Alzheimer's disease patient: A comparison of proxy reports and objective measures

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Loewenstein, D A ^a   Arguelles S ^a   Bravo, M ^a   Freeman, R Q ^a   Arguelles T ^a   Acevedo, A ^a   Eisdorfer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035123522     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.2.P78     Document Type: Article

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