Seniors and Assistive Devices (healthquotes)
IPSOS-Reid has just released a survey that shows 7 out of 10 seniors in Canada
have mobility and/or health issues that affects their physical limitations as
well as increases their risk of falling. 46% of these seniors do not use an
assistive device, i.e. scooter, cane, walker. 63% of seniors who reported
having a fall in the past year do not use an assistive device, even though
life expectancy for seniors is reduced as much as 25% due to falls, as well as
costing the Canadian healthcare system $1 billion annually.
According to these results, there is a major discrepancy between seniors who
need these devices when the warning signs appear, and the willingness to do
so. The survey indicated that two thirds of Canadian seniors believe that
using an assistive device is a threat to their security; making them visible
targets for crime. However, studies have shown that 9.5% were victims of
reported crime in 2004; 28% of reported crimes were committed against people
aged 15-24 in the same time period. Being stigmatized as ‘old, vulnerable,
frail, loss of independence, etc’ were largely the number one reasons cited
for not using a device that …
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