Associations with Changes in Level of Functional Ability. Results from a Follow-up Survey at Two and a Half Years of People Aged 85 Years and Over at Baseline Interview

Bowling, Ann; Farquhar, Morag; Grundy, Emily

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“…The classic demonstration of this phenomenon was by Brickman et al [32] who found no substantial differences in the subjective QoL of lottery winners and people with paraplegia some years after each event. Other evidence of adaptation has been provided for people who have become elderly [33], experienced life events as part of normal living [22], or been institutionalised [34]. Given our PD population is from special schools, their social world is likely made up of others like themselves.…”

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Self-perceived quality of life of children and adolescents with physical disabilities in Hong Kong

Chow

Cummins

2005

Qual Life Res

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Although illnesses and diseases are thought to adversely affect quality of life (QoL), whether children who have physical disabilities (PD) from a young age adapt to the effect of developmental disabilities has rarely been investigated. This study attempted to assess the subjective wellbeing, and examine the correlation between objective and subjective QoL, of children with PD. Using a self-reported non-disease-specific questionnaire, the QoL of 72 young persons (13.5+/-2.0 years) with PD was contrasted with those who do not have disabilities (n = 510; age-matched). MANOVA analyses revealed that the PD group had lower objective QoL score (63.0+/-7.4 vs. 66.8+/-5.7, p < 0.001) but the two groups were not significantly different in subjective QoL score (70.9+/-11.4 vs. 69.6+/-13.6, p = 0.466). No correlation was found between objective and subjective QoL in the PD group (r ranged from 0.06 to 0.19), while weak to medium correlations (r ranged from 0.03 to 0.41) were observed for the controls. The apparent detachment of subjective feeling and objective circumstances in the PD group may reflect adjustment to developmental disabilities.

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Self-perceived quality of life of children and adolescents with physical disabilities in Hong Kong

Chow

Cummins

2005

Qual Life Res

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“…For example, a tendency is identified in disability policies and in activism to overlook older people, to define older disabled people as 'elderly' rather than 'disabled' and to provide them with services of lower quality than those given to their younger peers (Jönson & Larsson, 2009). People experiencing disability in older age were offered a narrow range of services (with few receiving services specific to rehabilitation and social support) in the United Kingdom (U.K.) (Bowling, Farquhar, & Grundy, 2008), and were less likely than younger disabled people to be offered 'rehabilitation training and equipment' in the U.S. (Kane & Kane, 2005: 52).…”

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Too many ‘false dichotomies’? Investigating the division between ageing and disability in social care services in Ireland: A study with statutory and non-statutory organisations

Leahy

2018

Journal of Aging Studies

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Initiatives that bridge the fields of ageing and disability are considered critical internationally but to be limited in practice. Taking Ireland as a case, and focusing on social care, this article reports on a study investigating the separate organization of older people's and disability services as perceived by those working in policy-making, service provision and advocacy. In Ireland, as in many countries, social care is administered separately for disabled people and older people. Perceptions of those working in social care are thought to play a role in successful boundary-crossing initiatives. This study suggests that while participants often perceived the administrative and funding boundary between the fields of ageing and disability as illogical, inflexible, and not delivering person-centred care or support, the divide between the two sectors is underpinned by conceptual issues, including the lack of a concept of disability with ageing. The article argues that ways are needed of articulating what it is to experience disability in older age that are shared between older people's and disability sectors. It discusses bio-psychosocial models of disability as a means of doing so, one that avoids a return to an equation between older age and impairment, disability or decline. It concludes that more interrogation is needed of the separate philosophical underpinnings of disability and older people's sectors, argues for greater linkages between the two fields and for more exploration of social constructions of the experience of disability in later life.

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“…(1) The classic, close-to-data approach is to state specific patterns of interest (e.g., in-hospital functional decline) and find persons with them, or to search broadly for common (high-prevalence) patterns. Whether stated a priori or not, patterns are identified by simple computer algorithms, visual data review, or variability statistics (e.g., standard deviation of repeated measures; Beckett et al, 1996; Bowling, Farquhar, & Grundy, 1994; Carlson et al, 1998; Charlton, 1989; Ferrucci et al, 1996; Fortinsky, Covinsky, Palmer, & Landefeld, 1999; Gill, Gahbauer, Han, & Allore, 2009; Jette, Harris, Cleary, & Campion, 1987; Latham, 2012; Maddox & Clark, 1992; Romoren & Blekeseaune, 2003; Verbrugge & Balaban, 1989; Verbrugge, Reoma, & Gruber-Baldini, 1994; Verbrugge, Yang, & Juarez, 2004). (2) As sophisticated quantitative techniques advanced, an alternative approach was possible.…”

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Aging With Disability for Midlife and Older Adults

2017

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This analysis brings "aging with disability" into middle and older ages. We study U.S. adults ages 51+ and ages 65+ with persistent disability (physical, household management, personal care; physical limitations, instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs], activities of daily living [ADLs]), using Health and Retirement Study data. Two complementary approaches are used to identify persons with persistent disability, one based directly on observed data and the other on latent classes. Both approaches show that persistent disability is more common for persons ages 65+ than ages 51+ and more common for physical limitations than IADLs and ADLs. People with persistent disability have social and health disadvantages compared to people with other longitudinal experiences. The analysis integrates two research avenues, aging with disability and disability trajectories. It gives empirical heft to government efforts to make aging with disability an age-free (all ages) rather than age-targeted (children and youths) perspective.

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Associations with Changes in Level of Functional Ability. Results from a Follow-up Survey at Two and a Half Years of People Aged 85 Years and Over at Baseline Interview

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Self-perceived quality of life of children and adolescents with physical disabilities in Hong Kong

Self-perceived quality of life of children and adolescents with physical disabilities in Hong Kong

Too many ‘false dichotomies’? Investigating the division between ageing and disability in social care services in Ireland: A study with statutory and non-statutory organisations

Aging With Disability for Midlife and Older Adults

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