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VulnerableEldersSurvey

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Instrument Attributes

 


 

Description:

 

A simple function-based screen to effectively and efficiently identify older people at risk of functional decline or death over a 2-year period.

 

Author/Sponsor:

 

RAND

 

Prevalence:

 

Intened to be used as part of of a set of quality indicators to measure the quality of medical care received by vulnerable elders.

 

Population:

 

Community-dwelling seniors

 

Subject:

 

Community-dwelling individuals age 65 and older.

 

Provider Setting:

 

Where is the instrument used i.e. admission to nursing home, referral to home care, etc?

 

Derived:

 

The Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) quality indicators.

 

Validity and Reliability Testing:

 

Yes

 

Specific vs Multiple Domain:

 

Functional measures

 

Verbal or Observation based:

 

Is subject just asked questions or do they have to do some activity (i.e. get up and go assessment)?

 

Are calculated scores included:

 

A coring approach is provided

 

Extended use:

 

Unknown

 

Versions:

 

Sometimes the different versions have different # of questions.

 

Public Domain:

 

The instrument was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS)December 2001 (Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 1698-1699). Would need to be references.

 

References:

 

Saliba, et al (2001). The Vulnerable Elders Survey: A Tool for Indentifying Vulnerable Older People in the Community. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS)December 2001 (Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 1691-1699).

http://www.rand.org/health/projects/acove/docs/acove_ves13.pdf

 

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