Bøker av George A. Kuchel

In recent years, all western industrialized countries, and to a growing extenteven many developed and developing Asian nations, have witnessed a remarkablegrowth in numbers of older people [1]. Future projections anticipate continuedincreases, particularly in numbers of individuals who are 85 years and older [1].Although US statistics have indicated recent declines in disability trends [2], overallnumbers of older individuals living with disability and functional dependenceare likely to increase given projected increases in life expectancy [3]. For example,average life expectancy for women born today in the United States is nearly 80; formen, it is nearly 75 [1]. With these considerations in mind, many investigators havebegun to pay increasing attention to identifying factors which may predict thetransition from health and independence to disability and dependence in olderindividuals, eventually providing useful targets for interventions [3, 4].