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Ask doctors, nurses, or social workers what family caregivers do, and the response is likely to be: “Help the patient with ADLs [activities of daily living] and IADLs [instrumental activities of daily ...

Once you enter the twilight years (somewhere between 50 and 110 years old depending upon who you ask), your life is measured by a narrow set of skills known as ADLs and IADLs and several standardized ...

Dear Carol: My mom was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. While she’s pretty normal now other than some short-term memory loss and occasional confusion, I want to be prepared to help her as she ...

No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional method used by geriatricians and oncologists to detect and evaluate multiple age-related problems and to plan and coordinate ...