10.45. Disability Assessment for Dementia scale (DAD)

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10.45.1. Original sources

  • Gelinas I, Gauthier L, McIntyre M, Gauthier S (1999). Development of a Functional Measure for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease: the Disability Assessment for Dementia, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 53, 471-81.

  • Feldman H, Sauter A, Donald A, Gélinas I, Gauthier S, Torfs K, Parys W, Mehnert A (2001). The disability assessment for dementia scale: a 12-month study of functional ability in mild to moderate severity Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2001 Apr-Jun;15(2):89-95. https://www.pubmed.gov/11391090.

The DAD is copyright © 1994 Louise Gauthier and Isabelle Gélinas; see http://www.dementia-assessment.com.au/function/dad_manual.pdf, http://www.dementia-assessment.com.au/function/dad_scale.pdf.