The past century was a period of increasing life expectancy throughout the age range. This
resulted in more people living to old age and to spending more years at the older ages. It is …

Objective To determine whether, and to what extent, fall prevention exercise interventions for
older community dwelling people are effective in preventing different types of fall related …

Background More than 80% of elderly Americans have at least one chronic disease. While
past studies have shown that hierarchical patterns of functional loss may differ by gender …

If the pace of increase in life expectancy in developed countries over the past two centuries
continues through the 21st century, most babies born since 2000 in France, Germany, Italy …

Human senescence has been delayed by a decade. This finding, documented in 1994 and
bolstered since, is a fundamental discovery about the biology of human ageing, and one …

Objective. This paper reviews trends in mortality and morbidity to evaluate whether there has
been a compression of morbidity. Methods. Review of recent research and analysis of recent …

Policy Points: Nearly half of elderly Medicare beneficiaries have difficulty performing daily
activities without assistance or receive help with such activities. This help is most often from …

Osteoarthritis (OA) represents a final and common pathway for all major traumatic insults to
synovial joints. OA is the most common form of degenerative joint disease and a major …

Recent scientific advances suggest that slowing the aging process (senescence) is now a
realistic goal. Yet most medical research remains focused on combating individual diseases …

Despite multiple and often overlapping definitions of disability and frailty, both are common
clinical characteristics of aged individuals though not identical. The geriatric syndrome of …