title: Rating disabilities of older patients by nurses and social workers on geriatric health care teams: a research note with implications for further study.
abstract: This article reports the results of an analysis of interprofessional agreements between nurses and social workers when rating older patients on their physical self-maintenance abilities, mental statuses, and dispositions to social interaction with other residents of a home for the aged. The findings showed statistically significant intercorrelations of ratings of physical self-maintenance abilities and mental statuses, but no agreement on disposition to interaction. These findings are interpreted for their implications for research and practices of nurses and social-workers on geriatric health care teams.
authors: Atlanta University.
authors: W H
authors: WH
authors: Watson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012947:Social Work