Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 19:07 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability rates among non-institutionalized older Americans increased between 2000 and 2005, a trend that could seriously impact the quality of life of seniors in the coming decades if it continues, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of California, Berkeley.

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