OBJECTIVE: Proxies play a critical role as sources of health information for older persons
with cognitive impairment and other chronic debilitating conditions. This paper reviews the …

Background Visual impairment is more prevalent in the elderly and depression is common in
this population. Although many studies have investigated depression or quality of life (QOL) …

This paper describes a new 13-item self-and caregiver-report measure of Quality of Life
(QoL) in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the QoL-AD, and describes the relationship of QoL to …

Objective: Survivors of critical illness are frequently left with long-lasting disability. The
association between delirium and disability in critically ill patients has not been described …

Direct assessment of quality of life (QoL) of persons with dementia has largely been ignored
due to logistical, conceptual and practical issues. This article presents a diseasespecific …

Objective: To evaluate the predictive utility of self-reported and informant-reported functional
deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) for the follow-up diagnosis of …

Purpose To evaluate the association between longitudinal changes in quality of life (QoL)
and rates of progressive visual field loss in glaucoma. Design Prospective observational …

Background: We live in a world where information is presented in a time-limited fashion and
successful adaptation is dependent on time-limited responses. Slowed visual-processing …

Purpose: We examine 6-month effects of the Environmental Skill-Building Program on
caregiver well-being and care recipient functioning and whether effects vary by caregiver …

Aim: Develop a measure of frailty for older acute inpatients to be performed by non‐
geriatricians. Method: The Reported Edmonton Frail Scale (REFS) was adapted from the …