Determinants of Maintenance and Recovery of Function in a Representative Older Community-Resident Biracial Sample

Focus on decline in performance of activities of daily living (ADL) has not been matched by studies of recovery of function. Advised by a broad conceptual model of physical resilience, we ascertain characteristics that identify (1) maintenance, (2) decline, and (3) recovery of personal self-maintenance activities over six years in an older, community representative, African American and white sample.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 5, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Richard Sloane, Bruce M. Burchett, Katherine Hall, Carl F. Pieper, Heather E. Whitson, Cathleen S. Col ón-Emeric Tags: Original Study Source Type: research