Objectives Older adults prefer to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. The
purpose of this article is to describe the development and preliminary validation of Making …

Determining an older adult's capacity to live safely and independently in the community
presents a serious and complicated challenge to the health care system. Evaluating one's …

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe social services and health
professionals' perceptions of vulnerability among older adults living in the community and to …

With a growing global ageing population, approaches to assess and support decision‐
making are becoming more pertinent. This scoping review aimed to identify and map current …

Decisions regarding capacity for safe and independent living often arise in elders as they
develop increasing frailty and recurrent morbidity. Capacity for safe and independent living …

Burnett J, Dyer CB, Naik AD. Convergent validation of the Kohlman Evaluation of Living
Skills as a screening tool of older adults' ability to live safely and independently in the …

Identifying impairments in the capacity to make and execute decisions is critical to the
assessment and remediation of elder self‐neglect. Few capacity assessment tools are …

Background Activities of daily living (ADL) are often used as predictors of health and function
in older persons. This systematic review is part of a series initiated by the European Network …

Objective: To identify unique predictors of the ability to return to living alone in geriatric
patients undergoing medical rehabilitation. Design: Of 900 consecutive geriatric patients …

Background The aging population is increasingly faced with daily life limitations, threatening
their Functional Independence (FI). These limitations extend different life domains and …