title: Methodological issues in measuring the functional status of cognitively impaired nursing home residents: the use of proxies and performance-based measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magaziner
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification*; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results