Description/Abstract
Most of my research at Yale University School of Medicine over the past several years has focused on identifying older adults at risk of functional decline and disability, identifying events that may precipitate the transition from functional independence to disability, and developing strategies to postpone or reduce frailty and disability. As a result of the Precipitating Events Project (PEP) and other research conducted by the Yale Center on Aging/Pepper Center, we now realize that age is only a proxy for other factors that lead to disability, and that some of these factors can be modified to reduce the risk of disability. In fact, disability rates have been steadily declining among older adults for decades.
Document Type
Policy Brief
Date
2010
Keywords
geriatrics, aging, gerontology, disability, functional decline, exercise, physical activity, falls, Yale PREHAB study, lifestyle interventions, independence, elders, FICSIT trial, frailty, Syracuse Seminar Series on Aging
Language
English
Series
Reports Series
Disciplines
Geriatrics
Recommended Citation
Gill, Thomas Michael, "Our Grandparents, Our Parents, Our Future Selves: Optimizing Function in Old Age." (2010). Center for Policy Research. 1.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/1
Source
Metedata from RePec
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