Assessing Older Persons: Measures, Meaning, and Practical Applications

by Robert L. Kane

This book describes the multidimensional assessment of older persons, offering unique insights into the state of this art. It combines comprehensive reviews of the most widely used instruments for measuring a variety of domains (such as physiological status, cognition, affect, social function, quality of life, physical environment, and caregiver burden) with an exploration of the viriety of uses to which these assessments have been put. It shows how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195129156
• ISBN13: 9780195129151
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.8" x 7.0"