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Determinants of service awareness among the Japanese elderly
Author(s)Tazuko Shibusawa, Hisanori Ishikawa, Daisaku Maeda
Journal titleJournal of Applied Gerontology, vol 20, no 3, September 2001
Pagespp 279-291
KeywordsAwareness [services] ; Japan.
AnnotationService awareness has been identified as an important variable for predicting service use by older people, but most of the research has been conducted in Canada and the US. This study examined awareness of four services mandated under Japan's Gold Plan among 474 randomly selected older people. While most were aware of in-home support services, only half were aware of day care and respite services. Although close-kin networks have been found to inhibit service awareness among older Americans, logistic regression analysis revealed gender and social support networks to be the strongest predictors of overall service awareness for these Japanese participants. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-011017202 A
ClassmarkQLA: 7DT

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