title: Impairment of communication and adaptive functioning in community-residing elders with advanced dementia: assessment methods.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Gurland
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Toner
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wilder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lantigua
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003142:Communication; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment