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| Functional improvement of elderly residents of institutions | | Author(s) | Dror Walk, Rachel Fleishman, Jenny Mandelson |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 6, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 720-728 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Bathing capacity ; Incontinence ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Rehabilitation ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Studies have shown that some older persons who suffer decline in activities of daily living (ADL) functioning experience an improvement. This phenomenon has been examined mainly among older persons in the community using summary ADL indices. This study examined functional improvement among 2,527 residents of institutions for semi-independent and frail older people in Israel in four specific ADLs - bathing, eating, bladder continence, and mobility - at two points in time, 2 to 4 years apart. Demographic, functional, and institutional variables were used to predict functional improvement through logistic regression. The variables were found to differentially affect each ADL, highlighting two opposite aspects of institutionalisation - deterioration, on the one hand, and rehabilitation through intervention by highly trained staff, on the other. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000410414 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: CAE: CTM: KW: KX: LHB:LF: LM: 7H6 |
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