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| Activities of daily living, cognitive impairment and other psychological symptoms among elderly recipients of home help | | Author(s) | Annette Hylen Ranhoff |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 5, no 3, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 147-152 |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Cognitive impairment ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Home care services ; Social surveys ; Norway. |
| Annotation | Previous studies have shown a relationship between physical functioning and having a home help. This Norwegian study of over 75s hypothesised that having home help is associated with cognitive impairment and psychological symptoms. Bivariate analysis shows cognitive impairment to be significantly more frequent among home help clients, whereas indicators of anxiety and depression are not. Living alone, poor perceived health, problems of performing primary activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL and, in particular, experiencing difficulties in cleaning the house remained the only variables independently related to having home help. Of these, difficulties with cleaning the house was the most powerful predictor. The home help seems to be used mainly to compensate for impaired mobility. An association between cognitive functioning and the provision of home help is related to a limitation in the ability to perform ADL associated with cognitive impairment. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970529016 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: E4: ENP: ENR: NH: 3F: 76N |
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