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Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the ...
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Assessment of Work-Related Functional Abilities Is Important In Disability Determination

WASHINGTON – Assessments of a person’s ability to function at work provide important information for disability determinations, and many validated tests are available to assess work-related physical ...
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Integrating Functional Assessment Into Clinical Decision-Making for Older Adults Across the Cancer Care Continuum

Why Is Geriatric Assessment so Infrequently Used in Oncology Practices? The Ongoing Issue of Nonadherence to This Standard of Care for Older Adults With Cancer In the article that accompanies this ...
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An Overview of Conducting a Functional Assessment of Challenging Behaviors

Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...
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CCTA Tops Functional Tests for Suspected CAD in Real-world Diabetic Patients

WASHINGTON, DC—Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) seems to have the edge over functional testing for the assessment of suspected CAD in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, real-world data show.