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- Title
Trends in the Use of Assistive Technology and Personal Care for Late-Life Disability, 1992-2001.
- Authors
Freedman, Vicki A.; Agree, Emily M.; Martin, Linda G.; Cornman, Jennifer C.
- Abstract
We describe national trends during the 1990s in late- life difficulty and assistance with self-care activities. Among older Americans living in the community and experiencing difficulty with self-care activities, assistive- technology use increased substantially whereas use of personal care declined. Using a decomposition technique, we demonstrate that these shifts in assistance toward technology account for half the decline in the number of people dependent on personal care.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASSISTIVE technology; TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL care; HEALTH facilities; PERSONAL care products industry; DECOMPOSITION method; HEALTH care networks; ORTHOPEDIC apparatus
- Publication
Gerontologist, 2006, Vol 46, Issue 1, p124
- ISSN
0016-9013
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/geront/46.1.124