Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH Assistant professor of medicine and Paul Beeson Faculty Scholar in Aging Research, Duke University Medical Center; chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
David R. Gater, MD, PhD Assistant professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Joan Galbraith, RN, ANP Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Address: Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Duke University Medical Center, 508 Fulton St., Durham, NC 27705
ABSTRACT
Although functional disability is common in elderly patients, physicians often overlook it or focus on acute illness, perhaps in part because they are unsure how to efficiently address the problem. A simple, stepwise protocol can be used in either an office or hospital setting to rapidly assess functional disabilities and identify potentially useful interventions.
