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Mismatches between the home environment and physical capabilities among community-living older persons
Author(s)Thomas M Gill, Julie T Robison, Christianna S Williams
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 1, January 1999
Pagespp 88-92
KeywordsAssistive technology ; Hazards ; Living in the community ; Physical disabilities ; Over 70s ; United States of America.
AnnotationPrevious research has found that the prevalence of environmental hazards in the homes of older persons is high. This study investigated whether environmental hazards related to transfers, balance, and gait were any less prevalent in the homes of older persons with specific deficits in physical capabilities than they were in the homes of older persons without the same deficits. A total of 1088 persons aged 72 years and older participated in the study. With the exception of no grab bars in the bath tub/shower, environmental hazards were as prevalent in the homes of participants with specific deficits in physical capabilities as they were in the homes of participants without the same deficits, and, in many cases, they were actually more prevalent. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-990305403 A
ClassmarkM: OK7: K4: BN: BBK: 7T

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