2015
Cognitive Aging Trajectories and Burdens of Disability, Hospitalization and Nursing Home Admission Among Community-living Older Persons
Han L, Gill TM, Jones BL, Allore HG. Cognitive Aging Trajectories and Burdens of Disability, Hospitalization and Nursing Home Admission Among Community-living Older Persons. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2015, 71: 766-771. PMID: 26511011, PMCID: PMC4888384, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing home admissionBurden of disabilityCommunity-living older personsHome admissionOlder personsGreater burdenCognitive trajectoriesMini-Mental State ExaminationCommunity-living personsCognitive aging trajectoriesNursing home placementPrecipitating Events ProjectLow incidence rateEquation Poisson modelsRapid cognitive declineBaseline cognitive functionAging trajectoriesGroup-based trajectory modelsThird of participantsADL disabilityHigher baseline cognitive functionInstrumental ADLIncidence rateDaily livingHospitalization
2013
Dynamics of functional aging based on latent-class trajectories of activities of daily living
Han L, Allore H, Murphy T, Gill T, Peduzzi P, Lin H. Dynamics of functional aging based on latent-class trajectories of activities of daily living. Annals Of Epidemiology 2013, 23: 87-92. PMID: 23305692, PMCID: PMC3558979, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDaily livingFunctional agingCommunity-living adultsEquation Poisson modelsMost older adultsADL disabilityHigher disabilityPersistent disabilitySubstantial morbidityInstrumental ADLADL independenceDisability trajectoriesLatent class trajectoriesCumulative burdenRestricted activityLow burdenSevere disabilityMorbidityPredominant trajectoriesOlder adultsDisabilityTime trendsFunctional autonomyADLGrowth mixture models