Description of retained abilities in older persons with dementia.

摘要: There have been suggestions in the literature that care of people with dementia must be focused on abilities as opposed to disabilities. However, this approach has not carefully defined terms what constitutes remaining abilities. This article provides a description dementia, which is based descriptive analysis data derived from larger study regarding psychometric evaluation an assessment instrument. The sample comprised 112 male veterans who were living long-term facility. Their mean age was 75 years. Data collected areas self-care, social, interactional, and interpretive Abilities retained all four areas. Furthermore, differently affected varied considerably across subjects, consistent evidence pertaining cognitive changes dementia. Our results provide support for individualized, abilities-focused