title: Assessment of functional changes in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Functional difficulties occur in all patients with Alzheimer's disease. Instrumental skills (shopping, handling money) are involved first, then self-care activities (toileting, dressing). Drug trials in intermediate stage Alzheimer's disease should monitor self-care activities with structured diaries and rating scales.
authors.affiliation: School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gauthier
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans