Injuries and Illness increase levels of elderly disability
Washington:
The new study reveals that the older adults land up in the hospitals due to
deteriorating functional abilities, basically among those who are physically
frail.
The research was undertaken by Yale School of Medicine
researchers under the supervision of
Thomas M. Gill, a Human foundation Professor of internal medicine (geriatrics).
“We now have a much better understanding of the complex and
highly dynamic disabling process” said Gill
Gill and his team examined 754 adults age 70 and older for
10 years with monthly tele-phonic conversation and interviews starting in 1998.
The team learned that out of the 637 participants, 90.7% had
been hospitalized at least once and 94.3 % people’s activities have been
restricted for a month.
“To address this increase, more aggressive efforts will be
needed to prevent and manage intervening illness and injuries, given their
apparent role in precipitating and perpetuating the disabling process,” said Gill.
The report was published in Jama Journal
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