Impaired and disabled elderly in the community.
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 81 (9), 1207-1209
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.81.9.1207
Abstract
A nine-year representative, longitudinal study of 1,598 urban elderly shows that two to eight times as many impaired or disabled are cared for in the community as in institutions. Younger age, male gender, better income, and living with others, especially children, favor continuing care in the home.Keywords
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