About one in eight U.S. seniors will be treated for a traumatic brain injury, typically during a fall, a new study finds.
“The number of people 65 and older with TBI is shockingly high,” said senior researcher Dr. Raquel Gardner, aFor the study, researchers tracked about 9,200 Medicare enrollees with an average age of 75.About 31% of those with traumatic brain injury were in the top 25% of wealth, while 22% were in the lowest quarter, researchers said.
“While most TBIs in older people occur from falls at ground level, if you are in a wheelchair or bed-bound, you don't have as many opportunities for traumatic injuries,” Kornblith added. “It's also possible that participants with cognitive impairment are more limited in their activity and have less opportunity to fall.”
“We know that older adults who experience falls, the largest segment of Americans with TBI, as well as lower-resourced adults -- including those subjected to racial and ethnic micro-aggressions in a medical setting -- are less likely to seek care,” Kornblith said in a university news release. “It's possible that our data did not capture the true burden of TBI in this population.”
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