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Giving while in need
— support provided by disabled older adults | | Author(s) | Kathrin Boerner, Joann P Reinhardt |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp S297-S304 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Needs [elderly] ; Informal care ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The ability to provide support to others may become an especially critical issue for those who are dealing with a progressive, chronic impairment that typically results in increased functional disability, and thus places them in greater need of support. This multilevel analysis examined change in support provision over time, as well as the degree to which sociodemographic, health, functional disability, use of rehabilitation services, and the receipt of support predicted support provision. Participants, 440 older people with a progressive, chronic visual impairment, were interviewed three times over an 18-month period. Affective and incremental support provided to family and friends each showed a decrease over time. Age, gender and education emerged as predictors of support provided at baseline. Receipt of support was positively related to support provision at all three time points, both within and across support types. Findings indicate there may be be feasible ways of providing support, even by older people who are in need of support themselves. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040406223 A |
| Classmark | BR: IK: P6: 3J: 7T |
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