The impact of caregiver executive skills on reports of patient functioning

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 781-792

  Dassel, Kara Bottiggi ^a,b   Schmitt, Frederick A ^c  

^a University of Kentucky ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living Executive functions Patient performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049092310     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.6.781     Document Type: Article

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