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| Puerto Rican elders' knowledge and use of community-based long-term care services | | Author(s) | Mariana T Guzzardo, Nancy W Sheehan |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 56, no 1, January 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, January 2013 |
| Pages | pp 26-48 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Community care ; Long term ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Attitude ; Social inclusion ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Immigrants ; Puerto Rico ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the present study three focus groups were conducted with 28 Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican older adults to explore their knowledge and use of community-based long-term care services, including an exploration of whether their residential setting influenced access to services. Analysis revealed themes relating to participants' difficulties and frustrations with formal services. A major theme was a reliance on formal services, given a lack of reliable familial help. Older people living in Latino senior housing reported the greatest access to services, with availability of Spanish-speaking housing staff and informal support from neighbours serving as critical components of their social networks. Practice and policy recommendations are provided. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130823223 A |
| Classmark | PA: 4Q: I: QLD: DP: RNA: F:TK: TJ: 7VL: 7T |
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