The ICF and dementia.
The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a framework for describing and classifying an individual's health and health-related states. The purpose of this article is to discuss the relevance of the ICF to cognitive-communication disorders of dementia, in particular those of Alzheimer disease. These disorders are described according to the Functioning and Disability, and the Contextual Factors parts of the ICF, with a focus on assessment, coding and classification, intervention, and outcome measurement.
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Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. tammy.hopper@ualberta.ca
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D013070:Speech Therapy; D014944:World Health Organization