Activities of daily living are associated with older adult cognitive status: Caregiver versus self-reports

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-30

  Miller, L Stephen ^a   Brown, Courtney L ^a   Mitchell, Meghan B ^a   Williamson, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

care recipient dyads; caregiver; cognitive status; functional status; informant report

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SELF REPORT; AGING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872283996     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464811405495     Document Type: Article

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