 The Late-Life FDI© was developed at the Roybal Center for
Enhancement of Late Life Function of Boston University, with support
from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging
( Grant Number AG11669 ).
The Late-Life FDI© is an evaluative outcome instrument for
community-dwelling older adults. It is designed to assess and be
responsive to meaningful change in two distinct outcomes: function
and disability. Functional limitations pertain to limitations in
a person’s ability to do discrete actions or activities. Disability
refers to a person’s performance of socially defined life
tasks expected of an individual within a typical sociocultural and
physical environment.
The Late-Life FDI is composed of a 16-item disability component
and a 32-item -function component. You are welcome to download a
Portable Document Format (PDF) version of both components.
Articles
Main published articles about Late-Life
FDI
- AM Jette, SM Haley, WJ Coster, JT Kooyoomjian, S Levenson ,
T Heeren, J Ashba. Late Life Function and Disability Instrument:
I. Development and evaluation of the disability component.J
Gerontol Med Sci. 2002;57A:M209-M216.
- SM Haley, AM Jette, WJ Coster, JT Kooyoomjian, S Levenson ,
T Heeren, J Ashba. Late Life Function and Disability Instrument:
II. Development and evaluation of the function component.J
Gerontol Med Sci. 2002;57A:M217-M222.
Published articles of prototype instrument (earlier version)
- SM Haley, LH Ludlow, JT Kooyoomjian. Extending the range of
functional assessment in older adults: Development of the Late
Life Function and Disability Instrument.J Aging and Physical
Activity. 2002;10:453-465.
- SM Haley, LH Ludlow, WJ Coster, L Langmuir. Self-reporting
of capable versus typical functional activity performance in community-dwelling
older adults: Is there a difference?J Geriatric Physical Activity.
2002;25(1):3-10.
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