Disability in the oldest old: "Can do" or "Do do"?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 909-914

  Bootsma Van Der Wiel, Annetje ^a,b   Gussekloo, J ^a   De Craen, A J M ^b   Van Exel, E ^a   Knook, D L ^a   Lagaay, A M ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a  

^a Medical Center   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Activity; Age 80 and older; Functional ability; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034864689     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49181.x     Document Type: Article

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