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| The relationship between attitudes towards care and care preferences of elderly community residents in the Netherlands | | Author(s) | Gina Wielink, Robbert Huijsman |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 18, no 4, Winter 1999 |
| Pages | pp 493-512 |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Informal care ; Services ; Attitude ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | As part of the Groningen Longitudinal Ageing Study (GLAS), this study examined the attitudes of independently living older people aged 65 and over towards informal and formal care on the basis of an 8-item scale of "receptivity towards informal support". Further, the relationship between these attitudes and the preferences for care arrangements in various (hypothetical) care-need situations (by type of care needed and expected duration) is investigated. Beyond the previous experience with receiving care, and older people's individual and social characteristics, the attitudes toward care showed themselves to be a strong predictor of older people's care preferences. The authorities might use the attitude toward care as a steering instrument for altering older people's preferences for and use of services in the long term. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000522207 A |
| Classmark | K4: P6: I: DP: 76H |
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