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Patterns in functioning among residents of an affordable assisted living housing facility
Author(s)	Stephanie J Fonda, Elizabeth C Clipp, George L Maddox
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 42, no 2, April 2002
Pages	pp 178-187
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Self care capacity ; Rented dwellings ; Sheltered housing ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The context for this research was new, affordable assisted living housing (ALH, i.e. sheltered housing) for low-income people in North Carolina. ALH residents' functional patterns were compared to those with similarly low-incomes living in the community. Functioning was defined as the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), and respondents' competing risks such as death and institutionalisation. Comparison samples were selected from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study. The results indicate that ALH residents' patterns were generally similar and in some ways better than those of community-dwelling respondents. For example, they were no different (statistically) in terms of improvement, decline and death, but they were more likely to have stable high functioning. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020806209 A
Classmark	KX: CA: KEE: KLA: 3J: 7T
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