Living Alone, Environmental Hazards, and Falls Among U.S. Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Physical conditions of living environments can affect the incidence of falls; however, prior work has focused typically on 1 domain at a time-either neighborhood or home, capturing limited environmental boundaries of older adults. We examined how neighborhood together with the home environment affect the incidence of falls over time and whether living arrangement modifies the influence of the environmental risks on falls.

Research design and methods

Using the 2012-2020 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; N = 1,893), we fitted logistic regression to estimate the incidence of falls over an 8-year study period. We used the neighborhood and housing data that are collected systematically by trained observers in the HRS to assess environ

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10424630 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature