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The article offers information on the standardized instruments and assessments developed by the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) and funded by the National Institute on Aging in the U.S. The primary assessments developed by CERAD include a clinical battery, a neuropsychological battery and a neuropathological assessment.

The article offers focuses on the Older Americans Resources and Services methodology. The method was developed to assess alternative strategies to institutionalizing frail order adults. A three-element model was developed to assess adults at all levels of functioning using a multidimensional perspective and to examine the impact of the identified service packages on persons defined in terms of their multidimensional functional profiles.