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Nancy Edwards,Nicholas Birkett,Rama Nair,Maureen Murphy,Ginette Roberge,Donna Lockett,

This paper examines access to bathtub grab bars in privately and publicly owned apartment buildings and explores the profile of seniors who have access to bathtub grab bars. Results indicate that bathtub grab bars were significantly more prevalent in apartments that were publicly owned (91.3%) as compared to privately owned (37.8%) (p < 0.05). Results of a logistic regression for participants residing in non-universal-access buildings indicated that seniors were more likely to have grab bars in their bathtubs if they were older, were in poor health, had had a fall in the previous year, or used a mobility aid. Among those who did not have bathtub grab bars, 33 per cent reported fear of falling while bathing, 20 per cent reported difficulty bathing, and 23 per cent were found to have impaired balance. Findings are discussed in light of policy implications for universal access to grab bars, with apartment buildings being a logical place to start.

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N Edwards,N Birkett,R Nair,M Murphy,G Roberge,D Lockett,

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Access to bathtub grab bars: evidence of a policy gap. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du

VOLUME: 25

Page Numbers: 295-304

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ISSN: 0714-9808

DAY: 26

MONTH: 09

YEAR: 2006

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AFFILIATION: School of Nursing, University of Ottawa , 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada. Email: nancy.edwards@uottawa.ca.

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