Home fire safety beliefs and practices in homes of urban older adults

Coty, Mary-Beth; McCammon, Colette; Lehna, Carlee; Twyman, Stephanie; Fahey, Erin

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.12.013

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“…Improvement of the home environment, to make it more suitable for an older person, was considered a positive component of physical safety, for example kitchen modification (Ibrahim & Davies, ; Kamei et al, ), home lighting (Bakker, Iofel, & Lachs, ) and small‐scale modifications such as the installation of bath grab rails (Edwards et al, ; Gill, Williams, Robison, & Tinetti, ). Older houses, those built around the end of the Second World War, were reported as risk factors and a negative component of safety when they had old electrical installations, which had no fire safety devices (Coty, McCammon, Lehna, Twyman, & Fahey, ). However, some older people were in homes not able to be improved and remained a difficult living environment not suitable for their needs in this phase of life (Bigonnesse, Beaulieu, & Garon, ; Coty et al, ).…”

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“…Older houses, those built around the end of the Second World War, were reported as risk factors and a negative component of safety when they had old electrical installations, which had no fire safety devices (Coty, McCammon, Lehna, Twyman, & Fahey, ). However, some older people were in homes not able to be improved and remained a difficult living environment not suitable for their needs in this phase of life (Bigonnesse, Beaulieu, & Garon, ; Coty et al, ).…”

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“…In the review, this was discussed as the provision of an age‐friendly environment and the presence of homecare and social interaction with people the same age and other people (Bigonnesse et al, ). This included those who lived alone, who accepted the help and support from homecare and other people (Coty et al, ). The negative components of social safety were the opposite of this situation: being isolated and additionally, having financial problems, such as not being able to purchase adequate lighting for bathrooms (Bakker et al, ).…”

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“…In this review, emotional and mental safety can be defined as older people having trustful relationship with homecare workers at home (Soodeen, Gregory, & Bond, ) and having a secure feeling at home (Horton, ). Emotional and mental safety are achieved when basic needs as physiological needs, after Maslow's Hierarchy (Kendra, ), are met in older people's lives and the home environment is supportive and comfortable (Coty et al, ; Dahlin‐Ivanoff, Haak, Fänge, & Iwarsson, ). In this environment, the inmost feelings of older people vary from feelings of well‐being (Soodeen et al, ) to anxiety (Porter & Lasiter, ).…”

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“…Some older people, living in an impractical home environment, refused home modification offers such as the provision of a new fire or lighting system based on cost, requiring financial support (Bakker et al, ; Coty et al, ). Other older people made appropriate home modifications and were more often able to stay at home for longer (Wyman et al, ).…”

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Safety of older people at home: An integrative literature review

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Stolt

Charalambous

et al. 2019

Int J Older People Nursing

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Aim: The aim of this review was to examine the relevant health literature, to describe safety in the homes of older and older people's perceptions and understanding of their safety at home based on current literature. Background: Safety is a multifaceted, basic need of older people living at home. Many studies are hospital focused and few focus on safety at home. Research on the safety of older people at home appears to be under-researched. Methods: MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science databases from the earliest to August 2017 were investigated. The integrative literature review was conducted in December 2017. The full text of the remaining n = 93 papers was then screened for relevance by inclusion and exclusion criteria which reduced the number by 59 to n = 34.

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Charalambous

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The older adult: Associated fire risks and current challenges for the development of future fire safety intervention strategies

Cassidy¹,

McConnell²,

Boyce³

2020

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Summary Research has highlighted that older people, that is, those aged 60 and over, are over‐represented in fatal fire statistics across the globe. The aim of this study was to investigate the circumstances surrounding fatal fires involving older people and examine the role of individuals and agencies that are in contact with the most vulnerable and how they can be involved in reducing fire risk. The study was conducted in two phases. Firstly, a retrospective analysis was conducted of the circumstances surrounding 99 accidental fatal dwelling fires involving 100 older people during a 20‐year period. Results suggested that most fires ignited in the living room or the bedroom and these were also the most common locations of the fatalities. The most common causes of the fire were smoking materials, hot coals, cooking and electrical faults and the majority of older fire fatalities had a smoke alarm which operated. Importantly, there was evidence of regular contact between the fatality and at least one other individual from the community prior to the fire. For this reason, the second phase of the research involved focus groups with friends, relatives, neighbours and carers of older people with a view to understanding their attitudes and experiences with regard to fire safety. Overall, the focus groups provided evidence that those in contact with older people regularly observe fire risks in the homes of older people. In addition, gaps were evident in the fire safety knowledge, not only of older people, but also for those assisting older people. In light of the findings, this article also considers the core messages that should be included in any potential future fire safety intervention strategies aimed at the older adult.

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Summary In this paper, we examine unintentional dwelling fire injuries during the period 2006 to 2016 in Merseyside, in the North West of England. Overall, it appeared that deprivation was a significant factor in unintentional fire injuries over the period studied, with 52% of fire injuries occurring in areas with the highest level of deprivation. Males and females appeared equally likely to be injured in an unintentional dwelling fire, however, males were twice as likely to be injured in an alcohol and drug‐related fire incident, or injured attempting to fight a dwelling fire than females. In terms of the age profile of those injured in unintentional dwelling fires, the group with the highest level of fire injuries was the elderly (29% of injuries), followed by those aged 25 to 45 (28% of injuries), then those aged 45 to 65 (23% of injuries), then young persons (aged up to 24) (20% of injuries).

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Home fire safety beliefs and practices in homes of urban older adults

Cited by 19 publications

References 16 publications

Safety of older people at home: An integrative literature review

Safety of older people at home: An integrative literature review

The older adult: Associated fire risks and current challenges for the development of future fire safety intervention strategies

Fire injury analysis

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