The short-term stability of the survey version of CAPE.

One hundred elderly women were assessed on two occasions, one week apart, on the survey version of CAPE. Although test-retest correlations were high, the dependency grades of 35 per cent of the sample changed on retesting by one grade, and 2 per cent by two grades, suggesting that the test may be too unstable for clinical purposes.

The concurrent validity of the survey version of the Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly (CAPE).

The concurrent validity of the survey version of the Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly (CAPE) was assessed by comparing the performance of four groups of elderly women selected to represent different levels of impairment and dependency. It was found to discriminate significantly among patients with severe (n = 100), moderate (n = 40), mild (n = 50) and no (n = 20) dementia; it also significantly distinguished between patients with severe and moderate dementia and patients with physical disability (n = 100) and with signs of 'institutionalization' (n = 25). Patients in the severe, moderate, mild and no dementia groups had all been judged clinically to have been placed appropriately as, respectively, geriatric psychiatry in-patients, geriatric psychiatry day-patients or local authority home residents, or as being able to live independently in the community.