Disabilities on the rise among older Americans
November 17th, 2009From the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots Blog, Chicago Sun-Times:
A study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds an increasing number of older Americans with disabilities.
The study by researchers at UCLA compared data from two time periods, 1988 through 1994 and 1999 through 2004. Researchers found that 60-somethings in the more recent period were 40 percent to 70 percent more likely to report having difficulty performing routine tasks, such as walking from room to room, getting in and out of bed and dressing.
Researchers said the trend was most prevalent among people who were overweight or obese.
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