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| Quality of life among older people in Sweden receiving help from informal and/or formal helpers at home or in special accommodation | | Author(s) | Ylva Hellström, Magdalena Andersson, Ingalill R Hallberg |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 504-516 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Informal care ; Domiciliary services ; Comparison ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | A postal questionnaire sent to 8,500 Swedish people aged 75+ living at home or in special accommodation considered quality of life (QoL) in relation to receiving help with activities of daily living (ADLs). The response rate was 52.8% (4,337 replies), of whom 1,347 received help and indicated who helped them with ADLs. Findings suggest that a greater age, being a woman, being a widow or widower, having a higher number of health-related complaints, needing more help with ADLs and a lower QoL were found for those receiving help in special accommodation. Having help with ADLs every day at home indicated having help from both formal and informal helpers, while respondents receiving help from only informal or only formal helpers received the smallest amount of help with ADLs. Who the helpers were did not have a significant influence on QoL; it was the extent of help with ADLs that influenced QoL negatively and the density of the social network that influenced QoL positively. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041216202 A |
| Classmark | F:59: CA: C4: P6: N: 48: 76P |
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