Functional Ability and Survival of the Care Homes Residents Aged 85+: Ten-year Follow-up Study

IF 1 Q4 GERONTOLOGY
Goran Slivšek, Vesna Bišof, Tanja Ćorić, Branko Kolarić, Spomenka Tomek-Roksandić, Željka Celinšćak, Maja Šetinc, Tatjana Škarić-Jurić
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Maintaining functional ability is an essential prerequisite for healthy ageing and might be of critical importance for reaping the benefits of lifespan extension. This study aims to explore the relationship between functional ability and survival in the Croatian older adults aged 85 years and over. Study included 250 residents of 11 public long-term care facilities whose mobility and independence were followed-up during a ten-year period. The relation of functional ability to lifespan was explored by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression. From the time of initial interview, the study participants lived on average 4.4 years (full range being 12 years), and less than one year elapsed from the beginning of immobility or dependence until death. Mean age at death was 92.5 years, while the average age at the beginning of immobility or dependence was 91.6 years. The survival was related to their level of mobility and independence, with longer survival being attributed to women. Nevertheless, a lower proportion of men were at the end of their life completely dependent on other people’s care. The main two findings of this study are: (a) the levels of mobility and independence, as well as gender, are independent predictors of the number of surviving years for the 85 + aged care homes residents; and (b) they are, on average, completely dependent on professional care for a very short time period until their death. The presented evidence could bring valuable information for social and healthcare planning, and impact everyday gerontologic and geriatric practice.

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Ageing International
Ageing International GERONTOLOGY-
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期刊介绍: As a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that has existed for over three decades, Ageing International serves all professionals who deal with complex ageing issues. The journal is dedicated to improving the life of ageing populations worldwide through providing an intellectual forum for communicating common concerns, exchanging analyses and discoveries in scientific research, crystallizing significant issues, and offering recommendations in ageing-related service delivery and policy making. Besides encouraging the submission of high-quality research and review papers, Ageing International seeks to bring together researchers, policy analysts, and service program administrators who are committed to reducing the ''implementation gap'' between good science and effective service, between evidence-based protocol and culturally suitable programs, and between unique innovative solutions and generalizable policies. For significant issues that are common across countries, Ageing International will organize special forums for scholars and investigators from different disciplines to present their regional perspectives as well as to provide more comprehensive analysis. The editors strongly believe that such discourse has the potential to foster a wide range of coordinated efforts that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of older persons worldwide. Abstracted and Indexed in: ABI/INFORM, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, CSA/Proquest, Current Abstracts, EBSCO, Ergonomics Abstracts, Expanded Academic, Gale, Google Scholar, Health Reference Center Academic, OCLC, PsychINFO, PsyARTICLES, SCOPUS, Social Science Abstracts, and Summon by Serial Solutions.
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