The Functional Assessment of Elderly People

A bstract The author discusses various techniques for assessing the functioning of elderly people in the areas of physical health, physical self‐care, instrumental activities of daily living, mental and psychiatric status, social roles and activities, attitudes, morale, and life satisfaction. Though these tests of geriatric function are not yet perfected, the practitioner will find them a valuable aid in diagnosis, and thus in the selection of proper treatment for his aged patients.