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Reported activities of daily living — agreement between elderly subjects with and without dementia and their caregivers
Author(s)	Truls Ostbye, Suzanne Tyas, Ian McDowell
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 26, no 2, March 1997
Pages	pp 99-106
Keywords	Self care capacity ; Independence ; Physical disabilities ; Dementia ; Mental ageing ; Informal care ; Social surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	In this study based on data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, 800 study subjects and their caregivers were independently interviewed regarding subjects' activities of daily living (ADL). Those with caregivers other than spouse or offspring required more assistance with ADL. The reported percentage of independence decreased with increasing severity of dementia. There was more agreement between self- and proxy-reported level of independence for physical ADL than for instrumental ADL items. Agreement decreased with increasing severity of dementia.
Accession Number	CPA-970829211 A
Classmark	CA: C3: BN: EA: D6: P6: 3F: 7S
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