Background Self-care disability is dependence on others to conduct activities of daily living,
such as bathing, eating and dressing. Among long-term care residents, self-care disability …

Background Disablement occurs when people lose their ability to perform activities of daily
living (ADLs) like bathing and dressing, and is measured as the rate of increasing disability …

Objectives Impairments in specific tasks that are necessary for independent living may
identify future self-care limitations, and the use of time-varying covariates can better capture …

Background With a rapidly aging population and a decline in the availability of family
caregivers, the number of elders in China who have unmet long-term care needs is …

Despite high-intensity caregiving support, those with dementia may experience adverse
consequences because the care they receive does not match their care needs. This study …

Objectives To examine how different care arrangements across the long-term care
continuum are associated with experiencing unmet care need consequences (UCNCs) …

Objectives Improving function is an important outcome of postacute care in skilled nursing
facilities (SNFs), but cognitive impairment can limit a resident's ability to improve during a …

Background Self-care is a multicomponent set of capacities that influence beliefs about
health and well-being. Objectives We examined the relationship between self-care capacity …

Background This study sought to investigate the effect of changes in depression status on
physical disability in older persons receiving home care, examine whether the effect is due …

Background The concept of frailty, a relative state of weakness reflecting multiple functional
and health domains, continues to receive attention within the geriatrics field. It offers a …