Begin with the real question.
Chronological age alone cannot describe how people live. Changes in function, health, and participation help reveal the support people need.
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Healthy Aging & Functional Ability
Understanding aging trajectories through health, function, and participation.
Following the question.
We examine functional change, frailty, disability, and healthy aging over time, with attention to people and their environments.
Functional abilityFrailty and disabilityAging trajectories
Methods for complex realities.
Longitudinal analysis, population health research, and functional measurement.
Where the work can go.
Extend comparisons across populations and societies while improving the measurement of healthy aging.
Research status: Established work. Future directions do not imply completed findings or a released tool.
Publications connected to this area.
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The Growing Burden of Fall-Related Injuries among Older Adults: A Seven-Year Study from a Tertiary Medical Center in Taiwan (opens in a new tab)
Tsai Y-C, Chen S-Y, Chen Y-M, Huang E P-C, Lu F-P
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Trajectories of Older Adults’ Leisure Time Activity and Functional Disability: A 12-Year Follow-Up (opens in a new tab)
Chen Y-M, Chiang T-L, Chen D-R, Tu Y-K, Yu H-W
DOI ↗Ya-Mei Chen
Professor · Principal Investigator
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