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. 2015 Jul;175(7):1237-9.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1562.

The Course of Functional Impairment in Older Homeless Adults: Disabled on the Street

Theora Cimino  1 , Michael A Steinman  2 , Susan L Mitchell  3 , Yinghui Miao  4 , Monica Bharel  5 , Caroline E Barnhart  2 , Rebecca T Brown  2
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The Course of Functional Impairment in Older Homeless Adults: Disabled on the Street

Theora Cimino et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Jul.
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Figure. Changes in ADL function after one year among 65 older homeless adults with ADL difficulty at baseline
ADL indicates activity of daily living. Persistent difficulty was defined as an ADL difficulty present at both baseline and follow-up. The total length of each bar represents the number of participants with that ADL difficulty present at baseline.
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