Les termes<< frele>> et<< fragilite>> sont tres repandus dans les publications sur la
geriatrie et la gerontologie, mais qui sont les<< personnes agees freles>>? Dans la plupart …

Background While existing reviews have identified significant predictors of nursing home
admission, this meta-analysis attempted to provide more integrated empirical findings to …

Importance In older adults reduced mobility is common and is an independent risk factor for
morbidity, hospitalization, disability, and mortality. Limited evidence suggests that physical …

Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are
living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the rate and predictors of nursing home placement in patients
with Parkinson's disease. DESIGN: Four‐year prospective study. SETTING: A population …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether cardiorespiratory fitness at baseline is associated with
maintenance of cognitive function over 6 years or with level of cognitive function on tests …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of physical disability associated with diabetes
among US adults> or= 60 years of age. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We …

To assess the role of demographic factors and chronic conditions in maintaining mobility in
older persons, this study utilized longitudinal data collected as part of the Established …

We evaluated the risk factors for nursing home placement of patients with Parkinson's
disease (PD) by matching 11 PD patients permanently admitted to nursing homes with two …

Improvements in life expectancy in the twentieth century have resulted from major declines
in mortality at younger ages, but it is less well recognized that mortality declines at older …