The presence of depression was assessed for 125 community‐residing elderly persons attending senior day care centers. Ratings were obtained from staff members, family care givers, and the participants themselves. Agreement rates among all the informants ranged between 66% and 73%. Family care givers consistently rated the participants as more depressed than staff members did. The discrepancy between family and staff members was greater when the raters had less contact with the participant and when the participant was more frail. Depression 2:272–277 (1994/1995).
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