… In a large cohort of community-based older persons free of dementia, we found that
greater purpose in life was associated with a substantially reduced risk of incident disability, …

… of those at risk and suggest potential preventive interventions. Elderly individuals with multiple
health impairments are at greatest risk, but many healthy older persons also fall each year…

… Moreover, many persons age 65 years or older are discharged in worse shape than before
… older persons; this issue is critical to successful aging because almost all older persons are …

… This article is intended to address the prob¬ lem of falls in community-living older persons
cared for by primary care physicians, rather than those older persons living in institutional …

… D is 800 IU per day 30 ; however, the AGS recommends vitamin D 3 plus calcium supplements
that include at least 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day for older persons to reduce fall risk. …

… falls and have a similar risk reduction to that of other prevention … often preventable problem
in older persons—an evidence-… fall risk assessment should be performed in all older persons …

… in older persons with DM, greater reduction in morbidity and mortality may result from control
of cardiovascular risk … how well providers of health care for older persons with DM adhere to …

… and extrinsic risk factors and their complex interactions. The general population of older
persons was targeted based on the hypotheses that nonfallers could reduce their likelihood of …

… that although older people who … of risk factors in the context of older persons, they minimized
their personal susceptibility. Similarly, through focus groups, Yardley et al. found that older …

… These limitations have caused some physicians to question the relevance of EBM to the
care of older persons. If one (inappropriately) regards EBM as synonymous with practice …