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| Influence of home care on life satisfaction, loneliness, and perceived life stress | | Author(s) | Laura Kadowaki, Andrew V Wister, Neena L Chappell |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 34, no 1, March 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2015 |
| Pages | pp 75-89 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Well being ; Loneliness ; Stress ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Strong evidence has established the medical and health services utilisation benefits of home care services for older adults. However, research conducted on potential psychosocial benefits has been sparse. Older adults (65 and over) receiving home care with their needs met are compared with those who have unmet needs (whether they received home care or not) on three key indicators of quality of life: life satisfaction, loneliness, and perceived life stress. Data are drawn from the 2008-2009 Canadian Community Health Survey respondents who met the study criteria (n = 3,244). Regression analyses showed that older adults who had their home care needs met reported higher levels of life satisfaction, and lower levels of loneliness and perceived life stress, than those with unmet needs, net of co-variates. The results suggest that filling this home care gap would significantly raise quality of life by increasing social and environmental resilience to age in place. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626295 A |
| Classmark | NH: D:F:5HH: DV: QNH: 49: 7S |
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