Identifying Adults Aging with Disability Using Existing Data: the case of the Health and Retirement Study

The population of persons aging with disabilities is growing. Being able to segment aging with disability sub-populations within national data sets is becoming increasingly important in order to understand the relationship of aging with disability to a range of outcomes in later life including health and wellness, economic security, and health and long-term service and support need and use.

Source: Disability and Health Journal - December 30, 2016 Category: Disability Authors: Caitlin E. Coyle, Michelle Putnam Source Type: research