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Wives of institutionalized elderly men — what influences satisfaction with care?
Author(s)	Pam Dawson
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 2, Summer 1996
Pages	pp 245-263
Keywords	Older men ; Institutional accommodation ; Long term patients ; Organisation of care ; Satisfactory ; Wives ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	This paper examines the levels of satisfaction of wives with the care of their institutionalised elderly husbands, and changes in satisfaction of the nine months following the husband's admission to a long-term care facility at a hospital in Toronto. Satisfaction was high and consistent with patient/consumer satisfaction studies. On a measure of more specific items, satisfaction was lower. Objective features of the husband's illness and perceived burden, as well as the wife's health, were not related to satisfaction. Wives with better psychosocial health (as indicated by morale, affect, depressive symptoms and social interaction) tended to be more satisfied with care.
Accession Number	CPA-970212015 A
Classmark	BC: KV: LF7:4Q: P: 5HH: SNW: 3J: 7S
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