Determining if an older adult can make and execute decisions to live safely at home: A capacity assessment and intervention model

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-305

  Skelton, Felicia ^a   Kunik, Mark E ^a,b   Regev, Tziona ^c   Naik, Aanand D ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Quentin Mease Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Capacity; Decision making; Independent Living; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SELF NEGLECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WELFARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SAFETY; SELF CARE; TEXAS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77649178757     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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