

Updated Analyses of Trends in Use of Assistive Devices. Summary and Conclusion
The historical increases in use of assistive devices continued between 1999 and 2004, so that in 2004, nine in ten elders with disabilities were using at least one device. This represented an increase of nearly a million elders using devices, roughly equivalent to the increase in the 15 years between 1984 and 1999. What was different between 1999