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| Seeking help from health and welfare services among elderly single women | | Author(s) | Pnina Ron |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 21, no 4, 2009 |
| Pages | pp 279-292 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Single persons ; Usage [services] ; Services ; Health services ; Pilot ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The current research is a pilot study that included 87 Israeli single women who responded to an announcement placed in one of the national newspapers and then filled out interview questionnaires. The study hypothesised three groups of variables for predicting older single women's appeals for help from health and welfare services: demographic variables, intrapersonal variables, and interpersonal variables. The research tools were (a) a demographics questionnaire constructed specifically for this study; (b) a personal assessment of single life: chosen or unchosen, including a question regarding what single people think about bachelorhood or spinsterhood; (c) an approach to the institution of bachelorhood / spinsterhood; (d) a self-evaluation questionnaire; (e) a sense of mastery over life questionnaire; (f) an informal support networks questionnaire; and (g) an assessment of the appeal to health and welfare services for help. A special questionnaire was constructed, which included a list of health and welfare services. The research findings indicate connections between all the research variables. All the research hypotheses were confirmed. Special attention should be given to this one tenth and more of the older population. It might improve the lives of older single women and save Western governments a lot of money. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100331211 A |
| Classmark | BD: SQ: QLD: I: L: 4UC: 7H6 |
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