TABLE 4.
Percent of Elderly Population Reporting Individual IADL and ADL Disabilities, 1984–1999
| 5-Year Change | 10-Year Change | 15-Year Change | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 | 1984–1989 | 1989–1994 | 1994–1999 | 1984–1994 | 1989–1999 | 1984–1999 | |
| Community IADL help | ||||||||||
| Grocery shopping | 10.9 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 7.2 | −1.0* | −1.0* | −1.6* | −2.1* | −2.7* | −3.7* |
| Managing money | 8.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | −3.7* | −0.3 | −0.5* | −4.0* | −0.8* | −4.5* |
| Doing laundry | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 5.3 | −0.8* | −0.8* | −1.0* | −1.6* | −1.8* | −2.6* |
| Outdoor mobility | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.8 | −0.5 | −0.4 | 0.5 | −0.9* | 0.1 | −0.4 |
| Preparing meals | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | −0.4 | −0.2 | −0.6* | −0.7* | −0.9* | −1.3* |
| Taking medication | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 0.2 | −0.5 | 0.4 | −0.2 | −0.1 | 0.2 |
| Light housework | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | −0.4 | −0.1 | −0.2 | −0.5* | −0.3 | −0.7* |
| Using the telephone | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | −0.4 | −0.6* | −0.1 | −0.9* | −0.7* | −1.0* |
| Community ADLs with equipment only | ||||||||||
| Getting around inside | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 0.3 | −0.2 | 0.1 |
| Bathing | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 0.4* | 0.0 | 0.8* | 0.4* | 0.9* | 1.3* |
| Getting in and out of bed | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | −0.2 | 0.7* | 0.1 | 0.5* | 0.8* |
| Toileting | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.6* | 0.5* | −0.2 | 1.2* | 0.4* | 1.0* |
| Dressing | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eating | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Community ADLs with human help | ||||||||||
| Bathing | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 0.1 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.2 | −0.7* | −0.6* |
| Dressing | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | −0.4 | 0.1 | −0.4 | −0.3 | −0.3 |
| Getting around inside | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | −0.3 | 0.2 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 0.1 |
| Getting in and out of bed | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | −0.2 | 0.5* | −0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Toileting | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | −0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | −0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Eating | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | −0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1984 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 | 5-Year Change | 10-Year Change | 15-Year Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–1989 | 1989–1994 | 1994–1999 | 1984–1994 | 1989–1999 | 1984–1999 | |||||
| Institutional ADLs with equipment only | ||||||||||
| Getting around inside | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5* | −0.5* | −0.1 | 0.0 | −0.6* | −0.1 |
| Toileting1 | n.a. | n.a. | 0.3 | 0.3 | n.a. | n.a. | 0.0 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Getting in and out of bed | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | −0.2* | 0.1 | −0.2 | −0.1 | 0.0 |
| Bathing | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eating | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Dressing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Institutional ADLs with human help | ||||||||||
| Bathing | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 0.5* | −0.4 | −0.2 | 0.1 | −0.7* | −0.1 |
| Dressing | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 0.6* | −0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4* | −0.1 | 0.5* |
| Getting in and out of bed | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.4* | 0.0 | −0.1 | 0.4* | −0.1 | 0.3 |
| Toileting | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.4* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4* | −0.1 | 0.4* |
| Getting around inside | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Eating | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | −0.2 | −0.1 | 0.1 | −0.3 | 0.0 |
Note: Estimates may not add up to column or row totals because of rounding.
*
Difference is statistically significant at the 5% level in a two-tailed test.
1
Independence in toileting with equipment cannot be ascertained for institutional residents in 1984 and 1989 due to a skip logic error. Those who did not receive help with toileting were not asked about equipment in those years.