To lay the groundwork for devising, improving and implementing strategies to prevent or
delay the onset of disability in the elderly, we conducted a systematic literature review of …

OBJECTIVES: When ascertaining the occurrence of disability, long assessment intervals
may be problematic because they do not account for the possibility of recovery or for deaths …

Background: Predictors for functional decline in basic activities of daily living (BADL) among
older people have been extensively studied. However, relatively little is known about …

Background. The onset of disability in activities of daily living (ADLs) is considered a sentinel
event in the life of an older person, but recent evidence suggests that newly disabled elders …

With the aging of the population, functional decline is one of the major challenges to health
care systems. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of functional decline …

OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with functional change in an older population
and investigate interactions among selected potential risk factors. DESIGN: A population …

The objective of this study was to analyze the factors associated with functional decline and
improvement in a community-dwelling population of people aged 75 years and older. A …

Objectives. To understand declines in chronic disability prevalence in the US elderly
population, we examined cohort changes in active life expectancy, a health measure …

The impact of attrition was studied in a two-wave panel study on the associations between
psychological attributes (mastery, self-efficacy expectancies) and disability increase among …

Background Most older people wish to age in place, for which functional status or being able
to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) is an important precondition. However, along with …