The purpose of the present investigation is to study the routinisation process in elderly persons according to physical, functional, psychological and cognitive resources.
A person-centered approach revealed six profiles of resources in 235?elderly French participants from the 13-year follow-up of PAQUID cohort study.
Different functioning profiles were highlighted and were significantly associated with different degrees and functions of routinisation. For the most routinised persons, the routinisation was associated with adaptive functioning. Instead for the less routinised persons, the routinisation was defined as a vulnerability marker. It seems also that this adaptive strategy was less used in persons with dementia.
The adaptive attitudes, in particular the routinisation, would be less effective at higher levels of vulnerability.