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Disability and health — perceptions of a sample of elderly people
Author(s)	Cecily Partridge, Marie Johnston, Lorna Morris
Journal title	Physiotherapy Research International, vol 1, no 1, 1996
Pages	pp 17-29
Keywords	Physical disabilities ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Needs [elderly] ; Kent.
Annotation	Results reported here represent part of the work of a larger study which also investigated the use of health and social services in a sample of older people from three general practices in Kent. Just over a third could be classified as "disabled", but in general, the mobility of the sample was good, with high scores on activities of daily living (ADLs). There were, however, discrepancies between their own assessments of disability and objective assessments. Factors which determined perceptions of health or disability were walking unaided and general levels of activity. Health was perceived in terms of what one could do rather than the presence of current diseases or conditions. When planning treatment for older people, physiotherapists and others should consider individual variability in perceptions of disability and health as well as objective assessments. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010606211 A
Classmark	BN: CC: DP: IK: 8K *
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