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- Title
A Prospective Study of Functional Status Among Community Elders.
- Authors
Branch, Laurence G.; Katz, Sidney; Kniepmann, Kathleen; Papsidero, Joseph A.
- Abstract
Abstract: A six-year prospective study provides estimates of functional status (independent, dependent, nursing home resident, or deceased) according to age, gender, and previous functional status for Caucasian elders initially living in the community. Half the cohort had sustained independence for the six years; of those dependent at the beginning, one-forth to one-third regained independent function within 15 months, and one-fifth regained self-sufficiency with five years.
- Subjects
HEALTH of older people; COMMUNITY health nursing; NURSING care facilities; ELDER care; LONG-term health care
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1984, Vol 74, Issue 3, p266
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.74.3.266