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Older Americans Healthier, Less Likely To Be In Nursing Homes

Wed, 04/05/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from Loyola University studied the changes in health and living conditions of Americans age 85 and older, to determine whether the use of health care services, disability and cognitive function, and overall quality of life in the year before death among older adults has changed over time. Among their conclusions for the over-85 group, nursing home stays were down 12%; and cognitive impairments declined about 7%; and the percentage of people who needed assistance in daily activities such as walking, bathing and dressing had dropped 9% for men and 7% for women.

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from Loyola University studied the changes in health and living conditions of Americans age 85 and older, to determine whether the use of health care services, disability and cognitive function, and overall quality of life in the year before death among older adults has changed over time. Among their conclusions for the over-85 group, nursing home stays were down 12%; and cognitive impairments declined about 7%; and the percentage of people who needed assistance in daily activities such as walking, bathing and dressing had dropped 9% for men and 7% for women.