A psychogeriatric assessment program. I. Social functioning and ward behavior.
Eightly newly admitted psychogeriatric patients were intensively investigated by a variety of disciplines -- medical, laboratory, and psychologic-psychiatric tests, including a Minimal Social Behavior Scale and an Integrative Social Functioning Scale. The sample of patients  and methods of study for this 10-month Geriatric Assessment Program are described. Assessment of present and past social functioning revealed good agreement between ratings made by different staff members. A decline in social functioning with time differentiated organic from functional psychiatric illness. Some of the scales employed may be of value for social screening purposes in the community.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior