Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys: Beyond ADLs and IADLs: Summary of a Workshop

by Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Committee On Population, National Research Council, et al.

Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in population surveys of the elderly population. The book questions whether or not the measures of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living used in many population surveys are sufficient as the primary survey-based indicators...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309143713
• ISBN13: 9780309143714
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"