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Housing characteristics of low and moderate income older adults with and without disabilities
Geriatric nursing (New York), v 62(Part B), pp 175-181
11 Feb 2025
PMID: 39933307
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Abstract
•51% of older adults with low and moderate annual incomes have a disability•Housing factors differ among older adults with vs without disability•Housing factors are associated with experiencing adverse consequences of unmet need
Housing is relevant to quality-of-life for older adults with and without disabilities, particularly those with limited financial resources. Among 4,898 low- and moderate-income community-living National Health and Aging Trends Study respondents, we describe and examine differences in housing characteristics of older adults with (n=2744) and without disability (n=2124). Next, among those with disability (self-care, household-activity, or mobility limitations), we examine associations of housing characteristics with adverse consequences due to unmet care needs, including soiling oneself or having to stay inside. In descriptive analyses, those with disability (vs without) more commonly rented, lived in subsidized housing, lived in apartments or mobile homes, and with home disorder, home disrepair, and street disorder. In adjusted logistic regressions among the subgroup with disability, several housing characteristics were statistically significantly associated with adverse consequences. Policy, programmatic, and clinical interventions that account for housing as an important social determinant of older adult quality-of-life should be advanced.
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- Title
- Housing characteristics of low and moderate income older adults with and without disabilities
- Creators
- Safiyyah M. Okoye (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, Health Management and PolicyLaura J. Samuel - Drexel UniversityChanee D. Fabius - Johns Hopkins UniversityKasim Ortiz - Drexel University, Health Management and PolicyCraig E. Pollack - Johns Hopkins UniversityLaura N. Gitlin - Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health ProfessionsSarah L. Szanton - Johns Hopkins UniversityJennifer L. Wolff - Johns Hopkins University
- Publication Details
- Geriatric nursing (New York), v 62(Part B), pp 175-181
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grants
- Addressing Housing Disrepair to Improve Equity in Functional Disability and Caregiver Burden, K01AG080072, National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH
- Grant note
- National Institute of Nursing Research P30NR018093 National Institute on Aging K01AG080072,DP1AG069874 National Institutes of Health Office of the Director U54CA267735
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Doctoral Nursing; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001426296900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85217265798
- Other Identifier
- 991022025838204721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Gerontology
- Nursing