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Assessing the ADL functioning of persons with Alzheimer's disease — comparison of family informants' ratings and performance-based assessment findings
Author(s)	Susan E Doble, John D Fisk, Kenneth Rockwood
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 11, no 4, December 1999
Pages	pp 399-410
Keywords	Dementia ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; The Family ; Evaluation ; Canada.
Annotation	The activities of daily living (ADLs) functioning of 26 Canadians with Alzheimer's disease (AD) was measured using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) and family informants' Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) ADL reports. Concordance with a clinician's ratings of subjects' level of ADL functioning was achieved for 77% of subjects based on their AMPS ADL process ability measures, and for 54% for the subjects based on their family informants' OARS ADL ratings. In cases of discordance, subjects' AMPS ADL process ability measures were just as likely to overestimate (11.5%) as to underestimate (11.5%) subjects' ADL functioning. In contrast, 46% of the informants overestimated their family members' ADL functioning, and this was more likely to occur when subjects' cognitive impairment was mild. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000208209 A
Classmark	EA: C4: CA: SJ: 4C: 7S
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