The revised direct assessment of functional status for independent older adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-370

  McDougall, Graham J ^a   Becker, Heather ^a   Vaughan, Phillip W ^a   Acee, Taylor W ^b   Delville, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodological; Older adults; Performance based instrumental activities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHECKLIST; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 77952489334     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp139     Document Type: Article

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