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Trends in the use of assistive technology and personal care for late-life disability, 1992-2001 | Author(s) | Vicki A Freedman, Emily M Agree, Linda G Martin |
Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 46, no 1, February 2006 |
Pages | pp 124-127 |
Source | http://www.geron.org |
Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Domiciliary services ; Usage [services] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
Annotation | US trends during the 1990s in late-life difficulty and assistance with self-care activities are described. 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. The authors use a decomposition technique to demonstrate that these shifts in assistance towards technology account for half of the decline in the number of people dependent on personal care. (RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-070109226 A |
Classmark | BN: N: QLD: 3J: 7T |
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