Indian Journal of Gerontology
Year : 2019, Volume : 33, Issue : 4
First page : ( 420) Last page : ( 434)
Print ISSN : 0971-4189.

Assessing home safety in homebound older adults belonging to upper and middle socio-economic status

Chowdhury Shivani, Salian, Karia Twinkle

Department of Electrotherapy and Electro-Diagnosis, School of Physiotherapy, (D.Y. Patil Deemed to be University), Nerul, Navi Mumbai, 400706

Online published on 16 December, 2020.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to perform home safety assessment among home dwelling 100 older individuals of both genders (50 males and 50 females), age varying from 60 yrs to 80 yrs, belonging to upper and middles classes of socio-economic status. Their socio-economic status was determined by using Kuppuswamy’s Socio-economic status Scale. These participants were administered BI (The Barthel Index) and Home safety tool individually. The findings of the current study revealed that the home-dwelling elderly participants of this study were moderately dependent on their caregivers in performing activities of daily living, required supervised assistance and increased effort while performing normal activities in and around the house with minimal difficulty. Majority of the respondents of this study did not use/require any assistive devices while performing ADL and were unaware about the solutions that can help improve their safety and reduce the difficulty faced by them.

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Keywords

Geriatric Population, Homebound, Socio-economic status, Home safety.

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