Aging is an inevitable irreversible process in all human population. With the aging individuals become cognitively less agile and effects of decline noted their various abilities to do Activities Daily Living. This study was done investigate co-relation between performance on cognitive linguistic tasks CLAP-M test Lawton instrumental activities daily living scale a sample geriatric population, ...

PURPOSE To determine the needs, barriers and facilitators of function in individuals with stroke after discharge from hospital. To examine the results stratified by the patient's acute score (<41, 41-80, >80) on the functional independence measure (FIM). METHOD This was a cohort study of 209 patients who had been admitted to hospital because of stroke. Patients were interviewed following hosp...

INTRODUCTION The needs of elderly people living in the countryside constitute serious health, social, financial and organizational problems. AIM OF THE STUDY To define the needs of elderly people living in the countryside regarding complex living actions. DATA COLLECTED AND METHODOLOGY: The study was carried out among 89 village citizens from the Podkarpackie Voivodeship (N=55; 61.8% women; N...

This study analyzed the prevalence of functional disability in the elderly and its association with socioeconomic and demographic factors. This was a population-based cross-sectional study with a sample of 631 elders (≥ 60 years). The Katz index and Lawton scale, respectively, were used to evaluate basic and instrumental activities of daily living. Demographic and socioeconomic variables were a...

OBJECTIVE Elderly women who live alone are at increased risk for loss of independence. Hospitalization, in particular, often marks the transition from independent living to institutional care. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of rehabilitation admission to the subsequent function of elderly women and their ability to return to live-alone status. METHOD The women in th...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association of living arrangements with functional disability among older persons and explore the mediation of impact factors on the relationship. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis using data from Healthy Aging study in Zhejiang Province. PARTICIPANTS Analyzed sample was drawn from a representative rural population of older persons in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, ...

BACKGROUND Both multimorbidity and activities of daily living (ADL) disability and instrument activities of daily living (IADL) disability are common among elderly individuals. ADL/IADL disability may reduce individuals' capacities for independent living and quality of life. This study aimed to examine the association between multimorbidity and ADL/IADL disability. METHODS A multi-stage clust...

BACKGROUND physical functioning describes the underlying abilities that make activities necessary for independent living in the community possible. OBJECTIVE to test self-reported and objective measures of physical functioning in predicting subsequent disability in cooking, shopping and housework. DESIGN we used data from the first and second waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retire...

OBJECTIVE Determining the physical functionality of institutionalised elderly people living in Barranquilla, Colombia MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was designed for use with 469 elderly people (214 residents living in geriatric households and 255 members of the geriatric club/group). Physical functionality was evaluated in terms of dependence or independence regard...