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- Title
Loss of independence in activities of daily living in older adults hospitalized with medical illnesses: increased vulnerability with age.
- Authors
Covinsky, Kenneth E; Palmer, Robert M; Fortinsky, Richard H; Counsell, Steven R; Stewart, Anita L; Kresevic, Denise; Burant, Christopher J; Landefeld, C Seth
- Abstract
To describe the changes in activities of daily living (ADL) function occurring before and after hospital admission in older people hospitalized with medical illness and to assess the effect of age on loss of ADL function.
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003, Vol 51, Issue 4, p451
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51152.x