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Pathways into residential care
— service use, help and health prior to admission | | Author(s) | Vanessa Burholt |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 3, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 15-33 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Living in the community ; Over 70s ; Services ; Domiciliary services ; Usage [services] ; Comparison ; Social surveys ; Wales. |
| Annotation | This article concerns 40 participants in the Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing who, between 1979 and 1995 moved into residential care. It compares their need for help with activities of daily living, help with household tasks, and formal service visits to their home to that of 77 people aged over 83 years who were living in the community in 1995. Findings revealed that home visits by the health and social services were not more frequent for those who entered residential care, although more people in this group received home visits from a chiropodist. The levels of help received for household tasks were similar for both groups. Scores for each person were calculated for use of services, difficulty with activities of daily living, and help with household tasks, but they did not reveal any significant differences between the two groups. The data showed that those in residential care considered their self-rated health to be poorer than those in the community, although they were not more likely to be housebound or have medical conditions that limited their activities. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980225419 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX: K4: BBK: I: N: QLD: 48: 3F: 9 |
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