Help Received and Functional Decline in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis of (I)ADL Difficulties Across Europe, the US, and China

Lena M. Hofbauer, Francisca S. Rodriguez, Research Group Psychosocial Epidemiology and Public Health, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases , Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on January 27, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print.
PurposeThis study examined whether different types of help received influence subsequent levels of functional ability in older adults.MethodsLongitudinal data were drawn from the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the Survey of Health, Aging and ...