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| Aging with disability for midlife and older adults | | Author(s) | Lois M Vergrugge, Kenzie Latham, Philippa J Clarke |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 39, no 6, July 2017 |
| Publisher | Sage, July 2017 |
| Pages | pp 741-777 |
| Source | http://journals.sagepub.com/roa |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Mental disability ; Ageing process ; 50-59 age group ; 65-69 age group ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study analysis was to bring 'ageing with disability' into middle and older ages. The authors studied U.S. adults aged 51+ and aged 65+ with persistent disability (physical, household management, personal care; physical limitations, instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs], activities of daily living [ADLs]), using Health and Retirement Study data. Two complementary approaches were used to identify persons with persistent disability, one based directly on observed data and the other on latent classes. Both approaches showed that persistent disability was more common for persons aged 65+ than aged 51+ and more common for physical limitations than IADLs and ADLs. People with persistent disability had social and health disadvantages compared to people with other longitudinal experiences. The analysis integrates two research avenues, ageing with disability and disability trajectories. It gives empirical heft to government efforts to make ageing with disability an age-free (all ages) rather than age-targeted (children and youths) perspective. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170728239 A |
| Classmark | BN: E7: BG: BBB: BBE: 48: 3J: 7T |
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