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- Title
Wheelchair Users at Home: Few Home Modifications and Many Injurious Falls.
- Authors
Berg, Katherine; Hines, Marilyn; Allen, Susan
- Abstract
The article examines the relationship between home modifications and the occurrence of injurious falls in the homes of wheelchair users in the U.S. The presence of any indoor home modification was linked with a lower prevalence of falls involving injury. Home improvements that facilitate independence and that make it easier to move around should be considered a basic need for people with disabilities. From a public health perspective, both safety and access would be more facilitated if home improvements became a reimbursable expense under Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurers.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HOME remodeling; HOUSING for people with disabilities; PEOPLE with disabilities -- Home care; PUBLIC health; HEALTH insurance reimbursement
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2002, Vol 92, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.92.1.48