Changing profile of health and function from age 70 to 85 years

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-321

  Jacobs, Jeremy M ^a,c   Maaravi, Yoram ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a,b   Bursztyn, Michael ^a   Ein Mor, Eliana ^a   Stessman, Jochanan ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Cohort; Longitudinal study; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863329571     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335238     Document Type: Article

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