Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment

Safiyyah M Okoye; Amruta P Patil; Elena Portacolone; Kate Gordon; Laura N Gitlin

doi:10.1002/alz.70841

Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment

Safiyyah M Okoye, Amruta P Patil, Elena Portacolone, Kate Gordon Laura N Gitlin

Alzheimer's & dementia, v 21(10), e70841

Oct 2025

: https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70841

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https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70841

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Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Cognitive Dysfunction - epidemiology

Female

Housing - statistics & numerical data

Humans

Independent Living - statistics & numerical data

Male

Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data

United States

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.

: Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment
: Safiyyah M Okoye (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University
Amruta P Patil - Drexel University
Elena Portacolone - Institute on Aging
Kate Gordon - Johns Hopkins University
Laura N Gitlin - Drexel University
: Alzheimer's & dementia, v 21(10), e70841
: Wiley
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: Addressing Housing Disrepair to Improve Equity in Functional Disability and Caregiver Burden, K01AG080072, National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH
: T32AG000247 / NIA NIH HHS U54CA267735 / NIH Office of the Director K01AG080072 / NIA NIH HHS U54AG063546-05S2 / NIA NIH HHS R01AG069147 / NIA NIH HHS
: Journal article
: English
: Drexel FIRST (Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends); Doctoral Nursing; Health Management and Policy; College of Nursing and Health Professions
: WOS:001604797100001
: 2-s2.0-105020304868
: 991022124361904721

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