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Care-receiver and caregiver assessments of functioning
— are there gender differences? | | Author(s) | Julie C Shaver, Diane E Allan |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 24, no 2, Summer 2005 |
| Pages | pp 139-150 |
| Source | http://www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Mental health [elderly] ; Informal care ; Older men ; Older women ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | In situations where care-receivers cannot respond to questions about their functional status, caregiver proxies are often substituted. Yet studies addressing caregiver care-receiver agreement remain limited in scope, focusing primarily on cognitive functioning and caregiver relationship. This study broadens the range of research in this area by examining caregiver and care-receiver reports of individual activity of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) items by gender of care-receiver. As well as the degree to which the care-receiver's age and mental and physical health status influence agreement are investigated. Data for this study come from a sample of 388 Manitoba older people aged 65+. Results (using Cohen's kappa) suggest less agreement on the presence of disability for men than for women, particularly among those aged 75-84. Differences by health status were also revealed. The implications of the findings for assessments of functioning are considered. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050906205 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: D: P6: BC: BD: 3F: 7S |
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