Physical Performance Characteristics of Assisted Living Residents and Risk for Adverse Health Outcomes

• DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.2.203
• Publication Date: 2011-04-20T23:16:43Z
• Authors: C. A. Giuliani; A. L. Gruber-Baldini; N. S. Park; L. A. Schrodt; F. Rokoske; P. D. Sloane; S. Zimmerman
• Keywords: Aged, 80 and over; Male; Hand Strength; Risk Assessment; United States; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Assisted Living Facilities; Activities of Daily Living; Task Performance and Analysis; Humans; Female; 0305 other medical science; Locomotion; Aged

Little is known about the physical performance ability of residential care/assisted living (RC/AL) residents and its relationship to adverse outcomes such as fracture, nursing home placement, functional decline, and death. The purposes of this paper are to: 1) describe the functional characteristics of RC/AL residents; 2) examine the relationships between resident- and facility-characteristics and physical performance; and 3) determine the predictive value of physical performance for adverse outcomes.