NUR1 239 Chapter Notes - Chapter 31: Elder Abuse
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Chapter 31: functional assessment of the older adult. However, the goal of the functional assessment remains the same: to identify an older adult"s strengths and limitations. This assessment allows the use of appropriate interventions to promote independence and prevent functional decline. You can perform a functional assessment by asking patients about their abilities to perform tasks or by observing them perform tasks. The functional assessment provides a baseline for continuing comparison, predicts prognosis, and provides objective measures to determine treatment efficacy. A functional assessment has three domains: activities of daily living (or adls), instrumental activities of daily living (or iadls), and mobility. Activities of daily living are tasks that are necessary for self-care, such as eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, walking, using stairs, and transferring to a bed or chair. Tools to assess adls include the katz index, as well as the barthel index, the functional. Independence measure, and the rapid disability rating scale-2.
