Clinical interview assessment of financial capacity in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 806-814

  Marson, Daniel C ^a,b,c   Martin, Roy C ^b,c   Wadley, Virginia ^c,d   Griffith, H Randall ^b,c   Snyder, Scott ^b   Goode, Patricia S ^d,f   Kinney, F Cleveland ^b,c   Nicholas, Anthony P ^b,c   Steele, Terri ^b   Anderson, Britt ^g   Zamrini, Edward ^h   Raman, Rema ⁱ   Bartolucci, Alfred ^c,e   Harrell, Lindy E ^b,c,f  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*

^c Department of Neurology   (United States)

^d Division of Gerontology Geriatrics and Palliative Care

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clinical assessment; Competency; Financial capacity; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 65449137520     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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