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Consumer-directed community care
— race/ethnicity and individual differences in preferences for control | | Author(s) | Mark Sciegaj, John A Capitman, Corrine Kay Kyriacou |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 44, no 4, August 2004 |
| Pages | pp 489-499 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Community care ; Domiciliary services ; Consumer choice ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although consumer-directed care models are being advocated for use with older populations, there are few data of the extent to which they are interested in the management of community long-term care services, who they want to be involved in making these decisions, or their perceptions regarding the relative importance of different service choices. With use of a cross-sectional research design, a sample of 731 older people (200 African American, 200 Chinese, 131 Latino, and 200 White Western European American) was investigated. New measures were created to assess level of control desired by elders in different areas of community long-term care service delivery and preference for consumer direction. Multivariate analyses found significant differences between and within race/ethnic groups. Study findings suggest that consumer direction occurs along a continuum, with elders desiring control over some areas of service but not others, and the importance of recognising heterogeneity within racial/ethnic groups regarding consumer-directed care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130233 A |
| Classmark | TK: PA: N: WYC: 3F: 7T |
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