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Assistance with personal care activities among the old-old in Israel
— a national epidemiological study | | Author(s) | Adrian Walter-Ginzburg, Jack M Guralnik, Tzvia Blumstein |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 9, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1176-1184 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; North Africa ; Self care capacity ; Over 70s ; Informal care ; Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Israel. |
| Annotation | A sample of 1,820 subjects aged 75 to 94 selected from the National Population Register (NPT), a complete listing of the Israeli population, had their disability status classified in terms of difficulty with, needing help with, and receiving help with any of five activities of daily living (ADLs). Only those receiving assistance from a person were considered to be receiving help (21%). Families of disabled older people - particularly those born in the Middle East or North Africa - provide a great deal of care for their older relatives, despite the availability of a full range of services, providing no evidence of withdrawal of family care when state home and institutional care are available. This finding may imply under-use of services, which should be investigated to determine if it is caused by barriers to use, or by free choice for the disabled old-old and their families. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011029203 A |
| Classmark | TK: 7JA: CA: BBK: P6: I: IK: 7H6 |
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