Aging
Findings from R.O. Guerra and co-authors provide new insights into aging
Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, April 27th, 2008
In this recently published article, scientists in Natal, Brazil conducted a study "To examine life course social, gender and ethnic inequalities in ADL disability in a Brazilian urban elderly population. We used the Sao Paulo-SABE study (health, well-being and aging in Latin America and the Caribbean) to assess the associations between ADL disability and gender, ethnicity and life course social conditions (childhood socio-economic and health status, education, lifetime occupation, current perception of income), controlling for current physical and mental health (cognitive impairment and comorbidity)."
"ADL disability was defined as the presence of one or more...
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