La valutazione medico-legale dei disturbi cognitivi nel settore assistenziale

Abstract

The authors examine cognitive disorders (dementia in particular) and the Italian norms concern it. They discuss the interpretative problems regarding the definition of daily living activity and analyze different multidimensional evaluation scales internationally proposed. Finally, they purpose an interpretative framework of dementia multi-axis evaluation and individualize an operative proposal to evaluate the absence of self-sufficiency.