What is reasonable is true. Life satisfaction and functional disability among day hospital participants

Among the several kinds of health care programs enabling the elderly to maintain community residence is the geriatric day hospital. An investigation was undertaken, utilizing structured interviews, to determine what factors influenced life satisfaction and functional disability among the elderly attending three day hospitals in Winnipeg, Canada. Findings indicate that the major predictors of functional disability include perceived health, Canadian ethnicity and differential services. Those for life satisfaction (activity, socio-economic status and health) were similar to those cited for elderly generally in the population.