Unmet Need for Equipment to Help With Bathing and Toileting Among Older US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Home modification through seemingly mundane equipment, such as grab bars and shower seats, mitigates injury, dependence, and reduced quality of life in older adults coping with increasing disability. However, whether these interventions are underused in the US is unclear.

Objective

To estimate how many older adults who need equipment to help with bathing and toileting do not have it, describe factors associated with not having equipment, and describe how many who did not initially have equipment acquired equipment over time.

Design

This observational cohort study of participants 65 years or older used secondary data from the 2015 to 2019 waves of the US National Health and Aging Trends Study. Participants included community-dwelling older adults who would u

SUBMITTER: Lam K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985819 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature