Functional Transitions and Active Life Expectancy Associated With Alzheimer Disease
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- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 60 (2) , 253-259
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.60.2.253
Abstract
AS THE population ages, Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias raise growing public health concerns because of their progressive and devastating effects on affected individuals as well as substantial caregiver burden and health care expenditures. Independent living becomes progressively more difficult for patients with AD because their cognitive impairment interferes with basic activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADLs (IADLs).1-8 Since AD also increases risk of mortality,9-15 affected individuals are expected to have shorter lives, lived with greater disability, than their age peers.Keywords
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