Early-stage impairments and limitations of functioning from the geriatric ICF core set as determinants of independent living in older patients after discharge from post-acute rehabilitation.

Objective: To identify the impairments and limitations that indicate loss of independence in older patients after discharge from post-acute rehabilitation.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Subjects/patients: A total of 128 patients in the development cohort and 137 patients in the validation cohort.

Identification of relevant ICF categories by geriatric patients in an early post-acute rehabilitation facility.

Purpose: To describe functioning and health of elderly patients in an early post-acute rehabilitation facility and to identify the most common problems using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Methods: Cross-sectional survey in a convenience sample of elderly patients requiring rehabilitation in an early post-acute rehabilitation facility. The second-level categories of the ICF were used to collect information on patients' problems.