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| Predictors of nursing home admission for older black Americans | | Author(s) | Robert C Kersting |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 35, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 33-50 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; At risk ; Admission [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examines the assumption that including black Americans with larger samples of white Americans produces an accurate picture of the predictors of nursing home use by black Americans. Using the US Longitudinal Study of Aging (1984-1990), Cox proportional hazard models are estimated for black Americans and white Americans. This study finds that in fact the models for black Americans are not the same as for white Americans. For black Americans, living below the poverty line, problems of functional status, age, and not having the potential for care for a few weeks from relatives (in or out of the home) are predictive of a higher risk of nursing home use. Whilst for white Americans, age, lower versus higher income, being female versus male, poor evaluation of self health care, poor functional status, lower levels of community activity, and living alone compared to living with a spouse or children were predictive of a higher risk of nursing home admission. The implications for policy and case management practice are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020306212 A |
| Classmark | TKE: F: CA3: LHB:QKH: 7T |
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