Social implications of immobility.
The patient who loses his or her independence in the community inevitably forfeits the will to live. One factor that repeatedly surfaces is the inability of our society to realistically deal with immobility of the elderly. Of the estimated 95 per cent of the elderly who do not live in institutional settings (nursing homes), 43 per cent require assistance in some aspect of their daily lives.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors