Clinicians & Providers

• Carbohydrate and Lipid Disorders and Relevant Consideration in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
• Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease
• Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities

Policymaker Resources

• Project Intersect: Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: April 25-26

Fact Sheets

September 1 2012 20120901

Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease

Other Research & Data

• Carbohydrate and Lipid Disorders and Relevant Consideration in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
• Deaf patients who use American Sign Language receive more preventive care if their clinician also uses sign language
• Depression, hearing impairment, and health literacy influence older adults' abilities to self-manage their care
• Lower educational level increases the likelihood of preclinical changes in mobility in older women
• Lower socioeconomic status in childhood linked to racial differences in disability during adulthood
• Project Intersect: Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: April 25-26
• Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities

Other News & Events

• Bowel incontinence and other clinical factors predict the development of pressure ulcers
• Children with special health care needs with disabilities have greater unmet health care needs than those without disabilities
• Common sleep disorder contributes to work disability and need to modify work duties
• Deaf patients who use American Sign Language receive more preventive care if their clinician also uses sign language
• Depression, falls, and low blood sugar affect quality of life as much as diabetes complications in older adults with diabetes
• Depression, hearing impairment, and health literacy influence older adults' abilities to self-manage their care
• Disadvantages in housing, food, and health care all predict health declines in older Americans
• Evidence lacking on best approaches to treat autism in teens and young adults
• Evidence lacking on how to match wheelchairs with patients
• Hard-of-hearing individuals more likely to report difficulties in accessing care
• Human factors challenges in home health care
• Improving care for patients with disabilities
• Improving quality of care for falls and urinary incontinence also improves quality of life in elderly patients
• Key treatments for high blood pressure and high blood lipids do not reduce elderly patients' risk of limited mobility
• Lower educational level increases the likelihood of preclinical changes in mobility in older women
• Lower socioeconomic status in childhood linked to racial differences in disability during adulthood
• Medicaid MCOs don't boost care access for the disabled or lower Medicaid expenditures
• Occupational back injuries lead to increased financial and domestic hardship for black and young workers
• Patients recovering in the hospital from total knee or hip replacement have increased risk of falls
• Potential role of physical therapy in ICU patients
• Project helps those with spinal cord injury identify community and environmental barriers
• Report examines quality improvement measurement in people with disabilities
• Some adults with disabilities covered by Medicaid have significant out-of-pocket health expenses
• Study identifies demographic and clinical factors related to fractures among older Americans
• Three Publications Highlight Human Factors Research
• Wellness education and physical therapy improve health and functioning of persons with multiple sclerosis