Improving health through a home modification service for veterans

Luz Mairena Semeah; Xinping Wang; Diane C. Cowper Ripley; Mi Jung Lee; Zaccheus James Ahonle; Shanti P. Ganesh; Jennifer Hale Gallardo; Charles E. Levy; Huanguang Jia

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819008-1.00014-6

Improving health through a home modification service for veterans

Luz Mairena Semeah, Xinping Wang, Diane C. Cowper Ripley, Mi Jung Lee, Zaccheus James Ahonle, Shanti P. Ganesh, Jennifer Hale Gallardo, Charles E. Levy, Huanguang Jia

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Abstract

Inaccessible living environments are problematic for some US Veterans, due to injuries sustained in service or attributed to aging, but can be addressed through home modification (HM) afforded by the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) program. The retrospective national assessment of HISA, considering a 50% expected increase in Veterans enrollees over a 10-year time span (2013-23) and a 48% increase in dementia patients by 2033, demonstrates the need for attention to major shifts in HM health services demand. Utilizing data from the National Prosthetics Patient Database and the VA National Medical Outpatient Database, the analyses provide key information to support functional independence in the home by providing data about the HISA program. These include filling a data gap (e.g., Veteran demographic and clinical characteristics, modifications cost comparisons, and regional patterns of HISA utilization) for medically prescribed HM and assess underutilization of HM health services.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Three Facets of Public Health and Paths to Improvements
Subtitle of host publication	Behavior, Culture, and Environment
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	381-416
Number of pages	36
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128190081
ISBN (Print)	9780128190142
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819008-1.00014-6
State	Published - Jan 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Accessibility
Health services
Home modification
Housing
Veterans with disabilities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Semeah, L. M., Wang, X., Cowper Ripley, D. C., Lee, M. J., Ahonle, Z. J., Ganesh, S. P., Gallardo, J. H., Levy, C. E., & Jia, H. (2020). Improving health through a home modification service for veterans. In Three Facets of Public Health and Paths to Improvements: Behavior, Culture, and Environment (pp. 381-416). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819008-1.00014-6

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