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The relationship between social support and health status of elderly people
— does social support slow down physical and functional deterioration? | | Author(s) | Namkee G Choi, John S Wodarski |
| Journal title | Social Work Research, vol 20, no 1, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 52-63 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Health [elderly] ; Ill health ; Mathematical models ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Because the elderly population is increasing, both informal and formal support systems face an increasingly difficult task of providing eldercare. This article analyses a sample of elderly men and women in the US to determine the elasticity of their informal social support systems in response to their declining health, and the effects of such support on their health outcomes. Results using a structural model indicate that the extent of informal support is more likely to be bound by the size of the social support network than by the demand for care associated with declining health. However, social support for elderly people tends to slow down further deterioration of their health, confirming the beneficial effect of social support on elder people's health outcomes. Policy and practice implications are discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960924014 A |
| Classmark | P6: CC: CH: 3LM: 3F: 7T * |
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