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| The description of activities of daily living in five centres in England and Wales | | Author(s) | Magnus A McGee, Anthony L Johnson, David W K Kay |
| Corporate Author | Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Medical Research Council - MRC |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 5, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 605-613 |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Age groups [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Cambridgeshire ; Gwynedd ; Newcastle upon Tyne ; Nottingham ; Oxford ; Liverpool. |
| Annotation | The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) is a longitudinal study of health and well-being of the ageing UK population in Cambridgeshire, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Gwynedd and Liverpool. 13,009 participants aged 65 and over (with equal numbers in the 65-74, and over 75 age groups) were interviewed between 1991 and 1994. Each participant was asked about socio-demographic variables, cognitive function, physical health, medication, and activities of daily living (ADLs, based on nine items from the self-reported Townsend disability scale). The scale showed good reliability and validity. A high frequency of disability was found among the oldest old; and the frequency of disability increases with age and with certain socio-demographic variables: living away from home; poorer eyesight and speech; lower social class; and lack of education. Projections of the number (and percentage) of severely disabled over-65s in the UK in 2011 and 2051 are 1.4 million (2.2%) and 2.3 million (3.9%) respectively. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981119007 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: BN: BB: 3J: 8C: 98: 86A: 8NTF: 8OC: 84B |
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