1995
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/50a.2.m61
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Health and Functioning Among the Elderly of Marin County, California: A Glimpse of the Future

Abstract: The general pattern of findings in this study indicates that while death has been postponed in this socioeconomically advantaged population, the prevalence of disease and disability has not. If true, this implies that residents of an affluent community can spend a longer rather than shorter period of their late life in a state of infirmity and in need of medical care. This appears to be especially true for women.

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“…The health experience in the Marin cohort, in which mortality rates are lower than US rates as a whole, demonstrates the importance of this approach as more older people live on into their eighties and nineties. Because the prevalence rates of chronic disease and physical disability in Marin appear to be similar to those in other less economically advantaged populations, it must be inferred that, in spite of the socioeconomic advantages, residents of Marin will live longer and spend more of their late life in poor health and at high risk for depressive symptoms 10 . Preventing or delaying the onset of the chronic diseases that afflict older people or developing ways to minimize the pain and loss of functional ability that accompany these diseases will play a major role in reducing depressive symptoms in older adults.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The health experience in the Marin cohort, in which mortality rates are lower than US rates as a whole, demonstrates the importance of this approach as more older people live on into their eighties and nineties. Because the prevalence rates of chronic disease and physical disability in Marin appear to be similar to those in other less economically advantaged populations, it must be inferred that, in spite of the socioeconomic advantages, residents of Marin will live longer and spend more of their late life in poor health and at high risk for depressive symptoms 10 . Preventing or delaying the onset of the chronic diseases that afflict older people or developing ways to minimize the pain and loss of functional ability that accompany these diseases will play a major role in reducing depressive symptoms in older adults.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The study population and the interview methods have been described in detail elsewhere 10 . In brief, a sample of noninstitutionalized residents of Marin County, California, aged 55 and over, was identified using random‐digit dialing and Health Care Financing Administration listings of Medicare‐eligible residents.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The BCRA Study has been described in detail previously. 45 Briefly, the BCRA cohort (non-institutionalized residents of Marin County, CA, aged 55 and older) was identified through Health Care Financing Administration of Medicare-eligible residents (those 65 years and older) and through random digit dialing. Sixty-nine percent (N=2018) of those eligible agreed to participate in the baseline wave of the BCRA H&F Study (between 1989-91), and N=1521 participated in the follow-up BCRA H&F wave (1992-95).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…All respondents were age 55 or older at baseline; 95% were non-Hispanic Whites, and 76% of the men and 51% of the women had yearly incomes over $15 000. 22 "weekly" (at least once per week), "occasional" (less than weekly and more than never), and never. Sometimes attendance was dichotomized as "high" (weekly) vs "low" (occasional or never) or as "attenders" (weekly or occasional) vs "nonattenders."…”
Section: Study Populationmentioning
confidence: 99%