Brenna's mother recently fell down the lowest step of their front porch while scooping snow, and she cracked her ulna. Brenna gets angry at her mother for scooping the snow in the first place when she knows she has osteoporosis and a tendency for falling. Brett hires a snow removal service that will arrive as early as possible after future snows to prevent this from happening again, because they both know that Brenna's mom is going to continue to shovel. She still feels young, and she says her osteoporosis and age aren't holding her back in life. Brenna and Brett both feel that even though Brenna's mother has a history of falling every couple of years, she is overall very healthy compared to others her age. Brett's mom on the other hand is only a few years older and very active in her local community organizations and tennis league.

Functional status is a better indicator of health in older adults than age, because how they have taken care of themselves over their lifetime greatly affects how they feel and function. Two different 70-year-olds can have completely different health statuses.

a. True
b. False