Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys:

Beyond ADLs and IADLs: Summary of a Workshop

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Publication Year:2009

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Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Rapporteur; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-x
1 Introduction	1-10	(skim)
2 Challenges to Improving Measurement of Late-Life Functioning and Disability	11-30	(skim)
3 Potential Methods for Revising Measures to Foster Comparability Across Subgroups	31-50	(skim)
4 Improving the Validity of Cross-Population Comparisons	51-68	(skim)
5 Measuring Functioning and Disability in Context	69-84	(skim)
6 Research and Development Toward Improved Measures of Late-Life Disability	85-92	(skim)
References	93-98	(skim)
Appendix A: Population Survey Measures of Functioning: Strengths and Weaknesses--Barbara M. Altman	99-156	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Presenters	157-162	(skim)
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members	163-166	(skim)
Committee on Population	167-168	(skim)
Committee on National Statistics	169-170	(skim)

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Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in population surveys of the elderly population. The book questions whether or not the measures of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living used in many population surveys are sufficient as the primary survey-based indicators of late-life disability. If not, should they be refined or should they be supplemented by other measures of disability in surveys? If yes, in what ways should disability measures be changed or modified to produce population estimates of late-life disability and to monitor trends? The book also discusses what further research is needed to advance this effort.

Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys:

Beyond ADLs and IADLs: Summary of a Workshop

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