An increasing number of people will need nursing homecare after suffering disabilities caused by congestive heart failure, accordingto a new study.

The study, from the University of Michigan Health Systemand the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, found that people with CHF experienceda much higher rate of disability than those without the condition. More andmore people have been surviving heart attacks in recent decades.

The study is based on data collected in 2000 by theUniversity of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. It sampled theresponses of 10,626 people aged 65 and over.

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