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| Correlates of attitudes toward personal aging in older assisted living residents | | Author(s) | Nan Sook Park, Yuri Jang, Beom S Lee |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 58, no 3, April 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April 2015 |
| Pages | pp 232-252 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Retirement communities ; Sheltered housing ; Residents [care homes] ; Quality of life ; Attitude ; Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Physical disabilities ; Hearing Impairment ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study explored factors contributing to older adults' self-perceptions about their own ageing in assisted living (AL) communities. Data analysis was completed based on interviews with 150 older residents from 17 AL communities in the United States. The study examined the effect of objective factors (health-related variables/negative life events) and subjective factors (satisfaction with facility/social support) on residents' attitudes toward personal ageing and assessed whether health perception mediated the relationship between health-related variables/negative life events and residents' attitudes toward personal ageing. Multiple regression analyses found that functional disability and hearing impairment negatively affected attitudes toward personal ageing among AL residents, and satisfaction with social support positively influenced attitudes. Health perception mediated attitudes toward personal ageing. Findings suggest the importance of social workers helping older AL residents recognise social support as a means of promoting their positive self-regard. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529281 A |
| Classmark | ROA: KLA: KX: F:59: DP: BG: CC: BN: BV: 7T |
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