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- Title
The Functional Competency of Elderly at Risk1.
- Authors
Stanley, Barbara; Stanley, Michael; Guido, Jeannine; Garvin, Lynn
- Abstract
Informed consent information on high and low risk medical procedures was presented to elderly people in a long term care facility in standard, simplified or storybook formats. Comprehension was significantly better for the simplified and storybook formats. Ratings of decision-making ability approximated the comprehension test results. Performance on comprehension tests deteriorated significantly more after 1 week for the standard format group on high risk procedures.
- Publication
Gerontologist, 1988, Vol 28, Issue Suppl, p53
- ISSN
0016-9013
- Publication type
Article