Assessing the elderly
Subtitle: Functional assessment
By: produced by School of Nursing, State University of New York at Stony Brook ; director, E. Peter Hansen
Contributors: Dick, Doretta; Richmond, Rose; State University of New York at Stony Brook. School of Nursing; Concept Media, inc
Series: COH 420 (NU course); GER 310 (NU course); HCA 641 (NU course); NSG 211T (NU course); NSG 325 (NU course); PSY 629A (NU course)
Publisher: Concept Media [distributor]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Irvine, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Older people; Functional assessment; Behavioral assessment; Nursing assessment; Health and hygiene; Gerontology
Other titles: Functional assessment
Description: Explores how well the elderly person functions in the environment focusing on the demands of daily living in terms of activities, and formal and informal support systems. Illustrates assessing the patient in a variety of settings. Discusses this assessment as being baseline data against which periodic assessments can be compared in response to dynamic changes that occur during normal aging.
Notes: Writers: Doretta Dick, Rose Richmond Concept Media ; narrator, Mark Phillips.