{"id":12649,"date":"2019-02-14T08:36:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T13:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12649"},"modified":"2019-02-14T08:36:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T13:36:55","slug":"seniors-aging-in-place-turn-to-devices-and-helpers-but-unmet-needs-are-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12649","title":{"rendered":"Seniors Aging In Place Turn To Devices And Helpers, But Unmet Needs Are Common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>About 25 million Americans who are aging in place rely on help from other people and devices such as canes, raised toilets or shower seats to perform essential daily activities, according to a\u00a0new study\u00a0documenting how older adults adapt to their changing physical abilities.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/seniors-aging-in-place-turn-to-devices-and-helpers-but-unmet-needs-are-common\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=69907503&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-96o_ImCpaKYQdp39Qtm9VM4IAm1uwJTIRI3K642eQR8rG7wNkJf0wjJVTHHIT8VZHRlp9E7QcvNqf8A_egZmhdw76EDA&amp;_hsmi=69907503\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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