Abstract
This
analysis brings “aging with disability” into middle and older ages. We
study U.S. adults ages 51+ and ages 65+ with persistent disability
(physical, household management, personal care; physical limitations,
instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs], activities of daily
living [ADLs]), using Health and Retirement Study data. Two
complementary approaches are used to identify persons with persistent
disability, one based directly on observed data and the other on latent
classes. Both approaches show that persistent disability is more common
for persons ages 65+ than ages 51+ and more common for physical
limitations than IADLs and ADLs. People with persistent disability have
social and health disadvantages compared to people with other
longitudinal experiences. The analysis integrates two research avenues,
aging with disability and disability trajectories. It gives empirical
heft to government efforts to make aging with disability an age-free
(all ages) rather than age-targeted (children and youths) perspective.
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