摘要：To treat the rapidly growing population of people aged 65 and older, residents and medical students need to know how aging and age-associated conditions affect the autonomy and quality of life of elderly patients [1]. Old age does not always mean frailty and senility. Indeed the majority of adults aged 65 and older remain healthy even to their eighties. For some seniors, however, old age comes with disease, limited social and economic resources, and physical and mental impairments.
