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daily living in individuals r, J l a institutionalization, and quality of life [1-3]. ADL de-scribes practical everyday tasks that are necessary for ally found that participants with cognitive impairment were more likely to have ADL impairment, while the longitudinal Helvik et al. BMC Geriatrics (2015) 15:47 DOI 10.1186/s12877-015-0047-7people [16], two only included those without limitations inTrust, Tønsberg, Norway Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlesustaining basic and more complex self-care [2,4,5]. The association between cognitive decline and decline in ADL functioning in older people is well-known from studies generally found that poorer cognitive functioning at baseline was associated with reduced ADL functioning dur-ing follow-up. However, with one exception [18], these lon-gitudinal studies of older people living in a community included only two assessments. Moreover, the sample pop-ulations in the longitudinal community studies differed widely: one included only women [17], some were inde-pendent of health status [7,14], one only included health