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| The relationship between perceptual impairment and self-care status in a sample of elderly persons | | Author(s) | Angela Boyd, Deirdre R Dawson |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 17, no 4, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1-16 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Self care capacity ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The relationship between perceptual status and independence in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs) was investigated in a sample of older Canadians living in Toronto in an institution or in the community. Perceptual status was measured using the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists Perceptual Battery (OSOT). The Physical Self-Maintenance Scale and the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale were used to measure ADL. Participants with higher degrees of perceptual impairment were shown to be less independent in both basic and instrumental ADL. In addition, those with upper extremity, mobility, and central nervous system (CNS) deficits were shown to be most dependent in ADL. These findings support the position that perceptual impairment is an important factor in the performance of ADLs and suggest that further investigation into increasing the independence of older people with such deficits is warranted. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001207207 A |
| Classmark | E4: CA: 49: 7S |
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