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Attitudes of older adults about community-based services
 — implications for different stakeholders
Author(s)Nancy E Schoenberg, Raymond T Coward, Stan L Albrecht
Journal titleJournal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 35, no 4, 2001
Pagespp 3-20
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsServices ; Community care ; Attitude ; Black people ; Rural areas ; United States of America.
AnnotationThere is a need for critical information about an important component of community-based service use - attitudes about these services. To understand such attitudes, 115 Americans aged 65+ participated in in-depth interviews. Because of their vulnerability to poor health status, insufficient resources and low use of formal services relative to their needs, African-Americans and rural elders were oversampled. Both positive and negative attitudes were expressed about formal services, with five overarching categories of concern emerging from the analyses: the quality of the programme or staff; security; cost and eligibility requirements; transportation; and logistical elements. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-020531204 A
ClassmarkI: PA: DP: TKE: RL: 7T

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