TY - JOUR T1 - Around a quarter of all older people have disability during the last 2 years of life, with prevalence higher among women and those aged over 80 years JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 124 LP - 124 DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101629 VL - 17 IS - 4 AU - Calvin H Hirsch Y1 - 2014/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/17/4/124.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Smith AK, Walter LC, Miao Y, et al. Disability during the last two years of life. JAMA Intern Med 2013;173:1506–13.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science A better understanding of the preventability of perimortal disability is needed. Clinicians must regularly assess caregiver burden and be knowledgeable about resources for family caregivers. The rapidly growing number of disabled elderly is expected to tax health delivery systems, whose focus has been the management of disease rather than the prevention and management of disability. The burden of caring for the disabled rests largely with family caregivers, who commonly experience physical and emotional strain. The network of community services designed to assist caregivers is fragmented, variable and costly. The … ER -