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Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

The Development of a Patient-Reported Functional Limitations Index

We describe an easy-to-interpret, patient-reported Functional Limitations Index that can be used to monitor care of patients along the disability continuum. Objectives: To develop an easy-to-interpret ...
Nature

Perceived disability and observed functional limitations in obese women

OBJECTIVE: To describe perceived disability in obese women. DESIGN: Comparisons of perceived disability in obese women and in a normal-weight reference group regarding activities of daily life (ADL), ...
Science Daily

Volunteering can benefit those with functional limitations, study finds

Volunteering is known to provide health benefits to the person doing the volunteering. Now, a new study finds that older adults with functional limitations (trouble conducting daily tasks like cooking ...