The Gerontologist, Vol 31, Issue 1 84-91, Copyright © 1991 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Development and testing of the Assessment of Living Skills and Resources (ALSAR) in elderly community-dwelling veterans

JH Williams, TJ Drinka, JR Greenberg, J Farrell-Holtan, R Euhardy and M Schram
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI 53705.

The Assessment of Living Skills and Resources (ALSAR), an innovative instrumental activities of daily living tool, systematically evaluates the accomplishment of 11 tasks by separately rating patient skill and resource levels for each task and combining these levels to determine risk. The ALSAR was administered to 75 elderly veterans in a home care program. It predicted change to more supportive living arrangements and a more structured living environment, nursing home placement, hospitalization, and death during the 6-month study period. The ALSAR has proven useful for interdisciplinary problem solving and treatment planning.

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