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The association of disability with long-term care institutionalization of the elderly
Author(s)	J E Young, W F Forbes, J P Hirdes
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 13, no 1, Spring 1994
Pages	pp 15-29
Keywords	Physical disabilities ; Mental disorder ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Long term ; Correlation ; Canada.
Annotation	Data from the 1986/87 Health and Activity Limitation Survey (HALS) in Canada were used to examine the relationship between reported disabilities and institutionalisation. Odds ratios obtained through logistic regression analyses were used for estimating the strength and direction of the associations between the various disabilities, age, gender, and institutionalisation. An analysis of types and combinations of disabilities which are most strongly associated with institutionalisation indicate that those with disabilities regarding agility, mental functioning or speech have higher odds of institutionalisation. Analysis of the relationship between number of disabilities and institutionalisation suggest that this increases exponentially with age, and has a higher rate for women than for men. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-970821222 A
Classmark	BN: E: LHB: KW: 4Q: 49: 7S
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