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Inhome service use by caregivers and their elders
— does cognitive status make a difference? | | Author(s) | Pamela Hawranik |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 21, no 2, Summer 2002 |
| Pages | pp 257-272 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Usage [services] ; Domiciliary services ; Welfare of older people ; Dementia ; Canada. |
| Annotation | For this study on the effect of cognitive status on use of in-home services by caregivers and their elders, data from the screening, clinical and community caregiver phases of the Manitoba Study on Health and Aging (MSHA-1) were analysed using a modified Andersen-Newman model. The findings indicate that those with dementia were more likely to use personal care services, and use two or more in-home services than caregivers and their elders with no cognitive impairment, and those with cognitive impairment but no dementia. Functional status of the elder and the living arrangements of the caregiver and elder were strongly associated with the use of specific in-home services and with overall use. Policy and research implications of the findings including factors such as caregiver employment, are presented. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021101218 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: QLD: N: A: EA: 7S |
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