Hélène Michaud, Joan Tolan

Assessing the risk of cognitive disorders

prepare meals use the telephone manage medications IADL functions tend to be complex, requiring a combination of physical and cognitive capacities. For example, shopping requires mobility and a relatively intact cognition to handle the financial transactions involved. Loss of IADLs is, in some ways, a precursor to future loss of ADLs. The ability to perform […]

By Hélène Michaud, Joan Tolan |December 21, 2009

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