Activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) disability in Swedish 85-year-olds born three decades apart—findings from the H70 study

• Published in: Age and ageing Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 2031 - 2037
• Main Authors: Falk Erhag, Hanna, Wetterberg, Hanna, Johansson, Lena, Rydén, Lina, Skoog, Ingmar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.11.2021; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: ability; Activities of daily living; activities of daily living (ADL); Aging; Childbirth & labor; Cohort analysis; cohort comparison; cohorts; Dementia; Dementia disorders; Disability; functional disability; Geriatrics; Geriatrics & Gerontology; Geriatrik; health; Health care; instrumental activities of daily; living (IADL); Older people; older-adults; population; prevalence; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; trends; activities of daily living (ADL); cohort comparison; older people; instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); disability

Objective Older adults make up the fastest growing segment of the population, and disability rates increase with age. There is much debate whether later born cohorts of 85-year-olds will face the same disability rates as earlier born cohorts. This study aimed to examine ADL and IADL disability in th...