[Agreement between observations on the functional capacity of home care elderly patients].

Objective: To assess the agreement between measures of caregiver's perception and health provider's direct observation of performance in daily living activities among home care elderly patients.

Methods: Performance observations were carried out among 40 elderly patients and their respective caregivers were interviewed. During home visits, data on caregiver's perception were collected by an independent observer using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) instrument.