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Functional interdependence
Author(s)	Mark Del Aguila, Lisa Cox, Louisa Lee
Journal title	Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 25 no 3, September 2006
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing, September 2006
Pages	pp 134-139
Source	http://www.cota.org.au / http://www.blackwellpublishingasia.com
Keywords	Independence ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Domiciliary services ; Usage [services] ; Australia.
Annotation	'Functional interdependence' is defined here as individuals' affective, behavioural and cognitive appraisals of self, their network, their residence and their residential location, which will indicate the attainment of outcomes indicative of an independent person. Thus the present research investigates service utilisation and non-utilisation as a function of the interrelationship between characteristics of the individual network and physical environment of the residence and residential location (neighbourhood). Data were collected from two groups of applicants and non-applicants for home-care services in Australia. Results suggest that independence from service use is attained when performance limitations are accommodated within support networks. Thus, service agencies should develop and utilise community capacity to accommodate self-care for community members with functional limitations. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070109213 A
Classmark	C3: C4: CA: N: QLD: 7YA
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