Maximizing ADL performance to facilitate aging in place for people with dementia.
The purpose of this article is to review the effect of dementia on activities of daily living and consequently on the ability to age in place. Types of evaluation and information conferred from different types of assessment are discussed. Evidence-based interventions for preventing and minimizing activities-of-daily-living disability are outlined.
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1200 North Stonewall Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA. Electronic address: carrie-ciro@ouhsc.edu.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000375:Aging; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans
Activities of daily living; Aging in place; Alzheimer disease; Assistive technology; Dementia