101. Intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing.
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Chhetri, Jagadish K, Harwood, Rowan H, Ma, Lina, Michel, Jean-Pierre, and Chan, Piu
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ACTIVE aging , *FRAIL elderly , *FUNCTIONAL status , *SERIAL publications , *ACTIVITIES of daily living , *PUBLIC health , *AGING , *INTEGRATED health care delivery , *ELDER care - Abstract
The article considers the concept of intrinsic capacity, the composite of physical and mental abilities that an individual can draw upon, as an opportunity to intervene to promote healthy ageing. It discusses the association of high-impact factors that describe the health status of individuals including locomotor, sensory, vitality, psychological and cognition domains to functional ability or loss in old age. It hypothesizes that changes in IC precede the process of disability development.
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- 2022
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