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Loss of Independence in Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults Hospitalized with Medical Illnesses: Increased Vulnerability with Age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2003 · Vol. 51(4) · pp. 451–458

Kenneth E. Covinsky✉(British Geriatrics Society)Robert M. Palmer(Cleveland Clinic)Richard H. Fortinsky(UConn Health)Steven R. Counsell(UConn Health)Anita L. Stewart(University of California, San Francisco)Denise KresevicChristopher J. BurantC. Seth Landefeld(San Francisco VA Medical Center)

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Abstract

Many hospitalized older people are discharged with ADL function that is worse than their baseline function. The oldest patients are at particularly high risk of poor functional outcomes because they are less likely to recover ADL function lost before admission and more likely to develop new functional deficits during hospitalization

Frailty in Older Adults Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicineActivities of daily livingToiletingBathingHospital admissionConfoundingObservational studyPolypharmacyPhysical therapyGerontology

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Activities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overData CollectionFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleProspective StudiesRisk FactorsGeriatric AssessmentFrail ElderlyAPACHE

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