Race Differences in ADL Disability Decline 1984-2004: Evidence From the National Long-Term Care Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Disability declined in lower levels of impairment during the late 20th century. However, it is unclear whether ADL disability also declined, or whether it did so across race. In this study, we examine cohorts entering later life between 1984 and 1999, by race, to understand changing ADL disability.

Method

We used latent class methods to model trajectories of ADL disability and subsequent mortality in the National Long-Term Care Survey among cohorts entering older adulthood (ages 65-69) between 1984 and 1999. We examined patterns by race, focusing on chronic condition profiles.

Results

White cohorts experienced consistent declines in ADL disability but Blacks saw little improvement with some evidence for increased disability. Stroke, diabetes, and heart attac

SUBMITTER: Taylor MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933052 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature