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| The influence of the end of life on the extent of informal help received by older adults | | Author(s) | Robert J Johnson, Timothy J Gallagher, Fredric D Wolinsky |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 26, no 2, March 2004 |
| Pages | pp 259-283 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Dying ; Informal care ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The direct effects of health status on receiving informal help for activities of daily living (ADLs) and how receiving that informal help is influenced by proximity to death are examined using data from the US Longitudinal Study on Aging (LOSA). The findings show that proximity to death is consistently related to receiving help from friends and relatives for those receiving help with basic and household ADLs. The findings also show how different dimensions of health status affect getting help. In addition to the effects of various dimensions of health status, some sociodemographic factors are important. The extent of informal help with basic and advanced ADLs increases with age, but socially isolated individuals (e.g. those living alone) receive substantially less help for all ADLs. Socioeconomic factors and race are for the most part unrelated to getting informal help. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040909216 A |
| Classmark | CC: C4: CA: CX: P6: 3J: 7T |
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