Screening for functional deficits in older adults Assessment of functional impairments in an aging population is one of the most daunting challenges facing primary-care clinicians. HOW TO TAKE THE ...

Functional status is an important predictor of an acute care readmission in patients who have had a unilateral hip fracture. Objectives: To test whether functional status is a robust predictor of ...

The Government Accountability Office flirted with the idea of requiring functional status information—such as whether patients could independently perform routine tasks such as bathing or dressing—in ...

frequency hearing loss — is common among older patients. Assessment of functional impairments in an aging population is one of the most daunting challenges facing primary-care clinicians. HOW TO TAKE ...