The old, old-old, and the oldest old: Continuation or distinct categories? An examination of the relationship between age and changes in health, function, and wellbeing

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-57

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a   Shmotkin, Dov ^a   Blumstein, Zvia ^b   Shorek, Aviva ^a   Eyal, Nitza ^a   Hazan, Haim ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84879473723     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.77.1.c     Document Type: Article

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