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Disease, disability and age in cognitively intact seniors
— results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging | | Author(s) | David B Hogan, Erika M Ebly, Tak S Fung |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 54A, no 2, February 1999 |
| Pages | pp M77-M82 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Chronic illness ; Physical disabilities ; Mental ageing ; Living in the community ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Many diseases have been identified as risk factors for disability in older people. This report contrasts disability in the old-old (age 85+) with the younger older (age 65-84), and examines whether diseases have an equivalent impact on the two groups. Analysis of 603 cognitively intact community residents age 65+ from 10 Canadian provinces aimed to isolate the effects of age and non-dementing disease on function. Nearly twice as many of the cognitively intact over 85s had functional disabilities compared to those aged 65-84. In the old-old group, increasing age was the only significant explanatory variable for moderate, severe or total disability and for problems with walking, showering, shopping, getting to places out of walking distance, and preparing meals. Diseases were also significant explanatory variables for functional disabilities, particularly in the 65-84 age range. An increase in the proportion of functional disability was found with increasing age, even in those without relevant disease risk factors. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010117217 A |
| Classmark | CH: CI: BN: D6: K4: 7S |
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