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"Figuring out whether they can be trusted" — older widows' intentions relative to hired non-professional home-care helpers
Author(s)	Eileen J Porter, Sue Lasiter, Emily Poston
Journal title	Journal of Women & Aging, vol 17, no 4, 2005
Pages	pp 77-92
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Widows ; Attitude ; Usage [services] ; Home care services ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the experience of older women relative to trusting hired non-professional homecare helpers. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 25 women about their homecare experience over three years, and 14 women (aged 80-93) shared data about hiring and trusting helpers. The women perceived risks to personal safety that adversely influenced willingness to seek new helpers. After hiring a helper, the women were still trying to discern whether the helper could be trusted. Primary care providers should enable older women to recognise and reduce the risk of having helpers and to monitor helpers' behaviour, as well as assessing the psychosocial status of women who have such helpers. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060914205 A
Classmark	SP: DP: QLD: NH: 3F: 7T
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