Disability and Care Needs Among Older Americans

Disability and home care dynamics among older unmarried Americans.

OBJECTIVES We describe how paid and unpaid home care hours received by older unmarried Americans change in response to disability dynamics. We test whether responses to disability declines and improvements are symmetric; that is, we test whether reductions in care hours that are due to disability improvements are of similar magnitude to increases in care hours that are due to disability decline...

Characteristics and Palliative Care Needs Among Older Indonesian Adults Living with Chronic Hypertension

Background: Chronic diseases including hypertension have become a global burden in the older population and are associated with increased mortality and decreased quality of life. The persistence of these diseases could increase the comorbidities and impact older patients who need palliative care services to manage the symptom and improve their quality of life.  This study aims to determine the ...

Disability Burdens among Older Americans Associated with Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Rural and Urban Areas

Frailty and incidence of activities of daily living disability among older Mexican Americans.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between frailty status and incidence of disability among non-disabled older Mexican Americans. DESIGN A 10-year prospective cohort study. SUBJECTS A total of 1645 non-institutionalized Mexican Americans aged 67 years and older from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE), who reported no limitation in ac...

Diabetes mellitus and incidence of lower body disability among older Mexican Americans.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the effect of diabetes mellitus on subsequent lower body disability in older Mexican Americans, one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between diabetes mellitus and incident lower body disability over a 7-year follow-up period. METHODS Ours was a 7-year prospective cohort study of 183...