Journal article
Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment
Alzheimer's & dementia, v 21(10), e70841
Oct 2025
PMID: 41152155
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Abstract
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.
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).
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 with others (all p < 0.05).
Further study should examine how housing characteristics support or deter daily function and inform the long-term services and supports needed by this high-needs, understudied population.
There are 5.5 million older adults living in the community with cognitive impairment (CI). Of this population, 26% live alone. Older adults living alone with CI are primarily female, older, with lower incomes. Nearly half of older adults living alone with CI are renters. Home accessibility modifications were very common in this population.
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- Title
- Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment
- Creators
- Safiyyah M Okoye (Corresponding Author) - Drexel UniversityAmruta P Patil - Drexel UniversityElena Portacolone - Institute on AgingKate Gordon - Johns Hopkins UniversityLaura N Gitlin - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Alzheimer's & dementia, v 21(10), e70841
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- T32AG000247 / NIA NIH HHS U54CA267735 / NIH Office of the Director K01AG080072 / NIA NIH HHS U54AG063546-05S2 / NIA NIH HHS R01AG069147 / NIA NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel FIRST (Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends); Doctoral Nursing; Health Management and Policy; College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001604797100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105020304868
- Other Identifier
- 991022124361904721
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