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GERONTOLOGIST
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 124-127Publisher
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMER
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.1.124
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demography; disability; technology
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG 021516, R01 AG 14346] Funding Source: Medline
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We describe national trends during the 1990s in late life difficulty and assistance with self-care activities. Among older Americans living in the community and experiencing difficulty with self-care activities, assistive technology use increased substantially whereas use of personal care declined. Using a decomposition technique, we demonstrate that these shifts in assistance toward technology account for half the decline in the number of people dependent on personal care.
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