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Getting older - feeling younger
— the changing health profile of the elderly | | Author(s) | Carol Jagger, Michael Clarke, Susan J Clarke |
| Journal title | International Journal of Epidemiology, vol 20, no 1, 1991 |
| Pages | pp 234-238 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Longitudinal surveys ; Melton Mowbray. |
| Annotation | The 1981 and 1988 surveys of the physical and mental health and social status of those aged 75 years and over who are patients of a large general practice serving the town of Melton Mowbray and its surrounding area, are compared. This older population had increased by almost 30% in number between the two surveys, despite a relatively stable practice population over this time period. After adjustment for the different age and sex distributions of the two survey populations, significant increases in independence levels were found over the time period for: getting in and out of a chair and bed, dressing, bathing and getting to and from the toilet. No differences were found for mobility around the home, feeding or continence of urine or faeces. A re-analysis of the data, excluding those living in the area less than five years confirmed that the differences found in health over time were not due to a group of older people migrating into the area. The study provides evidence that older people today appear fitter than previous cohorts of older people. Service planners will need to take this into account if sensible provision of resources for this age group are to be made. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980828217 A |
| Classmark | CC: CA: C4: 3J: 8LEC * |
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