VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; DASH, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand; SIP, Sickness Impact Profile.
The older adults with functional limitations included in this analysis reported an average number of 1.06 (SD = 1.72) IADL disabilities, 0.95 (SD = 1.60) ADL disabilities, and 3.37 (SD = 2.40) functional limitations.
Or they apply only for Social Security disability or welfare.
I am now employed as a medical consultant for Social Security disability determinations.
Their caseworker, Barbara Harrison, helped Mr. Shaffer apply for Social Security disability and heat assistance.
"Mainstream disability funding continues to be a story of unmet need, with more demands than resources.
It raises the question in my mind about the nature of Presidential disability".
A huge backlog of applications for Social Security disability benefits would grow even larger, agency officials said.
As we reported in the newspaper this past week, the Social Security disability insurance system is tottering.
Public life Co-chair, Legal Aid Practitioners Group; member, Law Society's Mental Health and Disability and Access to Justice Committee; 2003-11: member, Civil Justice Council.
