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Articles

Understanding Home Activity Challenges of Older Adults Aging with Long-Term Mobility Disabilities: Recommendations for Home Environment Design

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Pages 341-363 | Published online: 30 Jun 2022
 

Abstract

As age-related changes progress, individuals with long-term mobility disabilities experience more challenges in engaging with everyday activities. This archival analysis identified common activity challenges older adults with long-term mobility disabilities report and the type of strategies they employed to respond to these challenges, using the interview data (n = 60) from the Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies Study. We discovered that activity challenges come from intrinsic factors (i.e., mobility limitations, strength, health conditions) as well as extrinsic factors (transferring and physical access). With these challenges in mind, we constructed home environment design strategies that could meet the needs of people aging with mobility disabilities.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Maurita Harris, Lindsey Koon, and Elena Remillard for their contributions on the project.

Disclosure statement

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

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Funding

The contents of this manuscript were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research [NIDILRR grant number 90REGE0006-01-00] under the auspices of the Rehabilitation and Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities (TechSAge; www.TechAgeRERC.org). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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