Recovery in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Adults Following Hospitalization for Acute Medical Illness

By C. Boyd, C. Landefeld, S. Counsell, R. Palmer, R. Fortinsky, D. Kresevic, C. Burant, K. Covinsky. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2008

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OBJECTIVES: To compare functional outcomes in the year after discharge for older adults discharged from the hospital after an acute medical illness with a new or additional disability in their basic self‐care activities of daily living (ADL) (compared with preadmission baseline 2 weeks before admission) with those of older adults discharged with baseline ADL function and identify predictors of failure to recover to baseline function 1 year after discharge.

Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology

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• Hospitalization-associated disability: "She was probably able to ambulate, but I'm not sure". (2011, background): “Her prognosis for return to independent functioning was poor, with the generally low likelihood of functional recovery made worse by the need for dialysis and nursing home placement.(7,69) One study suggests that nursing home residents who initiate dialysis have accelerated functional loss after dia”