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| Resources and costs associated with disabilities of elderly people living at home and in institutions | | Author(s) | Réjean Hébert, Nicole Dubuc, Martin Buteau |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 1, Spring 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1-22 |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Family care ; Halfway houses ; Nursing homes ; Costs [care] ; Comparison ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The study was carried out with a representative sample of over 65s in metropolitan, urban and rural areas of Quebec, Canada: 300 living at home, 271 in intermediate facilities (generally for those needing help with instrumental activities of daily living and supervision), and 774 in nursing homes. The aims were to: determine the level of disabilities and resources involved in the care of older people living at home or in institutional settings; estimate the costs (public, private, voluntary) of these resources; compare the costs according to level of disability; and predict the costs associated with disabilities. There were significant differences but large overlap in the disability level, cognitive status and nursing care needed and received between participants from the three settings. Nursing care was responsible for most of the costs in all settings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010626202 A |
| Classmark | K4: P6:SJ: LDH: LHB: QDC: 48: 7S |
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