Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Older adults with cognitive impairment (CI) face challenges to aging in the community. Little is known about the housing characteristics of US older adults with CI.

Methods

Using the 2022 National Health and Aging Trends Study, we describe housing characteristics of community-living older adults ≥ 65 years with CI (n = 968) using descriptive statistics (frequencies) and conduct chi-squared tests to compare characteristics of those who lived with others (n = 707) versus alone (n = 261).

Results

Renting (41%), home modifications (59% had ≥ 2), and interior home disorder (45%) were prevalent among older adults with CI. Those living alone more commonly rented, lived in an apartment or mobile home (vs. house), and had more home modifications than those living

SUBMITTER: Okoye SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12568377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature