National Survey of Self-Care and Aging: Follow-Up, 1994

This follow-up to the NATIONAL SURVEY OF SELF-CARE AND
AGING: BASELINE, 1990-1991 (ICPSR 6718) was conducted in 1994 to
continue examination of the health status and self-care practices of
individuals aged 65 or older who were interviewed at baseline during
1991. Telephone interviews (Part 1) were conducted with individuals
who were interviewed at baseline. A proxy was interviewed if the
subject was too ill or cognitively unable to respond. Included were
questions about the type and extent of self-care behaviors for
activities of daily living, management of chronic conditions (through
self-care activities, equipment use, and environmental modifications),
and medical self-care for acute conditions, along with questions
regarding change in health status since baseline, health service
utilization, nursing home visits, and sociodemographic/economic
status. For subjects who had been institutionalized since baseline
(Part 2), interviews were conducted with proxies. Information was
gathered regarding demographic status, living arrangements prior to
institutionalization, and reasons for institutionalization. For
subjects who had died since baseline (Part 3), information was again
gathered through interviews with proxies. Questions covered nursing
home admissions and date and place of death. Part 4 consists of data
from interviews conducted at baseline (ICPSR 6718) merged with
interviews conducted at this follow-up.