Cross-domain variability of cognitive performance in very old nursing home residents and community dwellers: Relationship to functional status

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-212

  Rapp, Michael A ^a   Schnaider Beeri, Michael ^a   Sano, Mary ^a,b   Silverman, Jeremy M ^a   Haroutunian, Vahram ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Community dwelling adults; Cross domain variability; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 23244461719     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083995     Document Type: Article

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