Title: Assessing the elderly
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.
Subjects: Older people, Functional assessment, Behavioral assessment, Nursing assessment, Health and hygiene, Gerontology