Late-life dependency

Is late-life dependency increasing or not? A comparison of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS)

Andrew Kingston, PhD

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Pia Wohland, PhD

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Raphael Wittenberg, MSc

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Prof Louise Robinson, MD

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Prof Carol Brayne, MD

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Prof Fiona E Matthews, PhD

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Prof Carol Jagger, PhDCorrespondence information about the author Prof Carol JaggerEmail the author Prof Carol Jagger

 on behalf of the 

 Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies collaboration†

 

†Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies collaborators are listed at the end of this paper

Published: 15 August 2017

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31575-1

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Background

Little is known about how the proportions of dependency states have changed between generational cohorts of older people. We aimed to estimate years lived in different dependency states at age 65 years in 1991 and 2011, and new projections of future demand for care.