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| Attitudinal influences on the elderly's use of assistance | | Author(s) | Linda S Noelker, Amasa B Ford, Atwood D Gaines |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 20, no 3, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 317-338 |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Usage [services] ; Attitude ; Family care ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US research examined the use of informal and formal assistance with personal and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and the amount received by a randomly selected sample of urban older persons. A modified version of the Andersen behavioural model was used to organise explanatory factors that include older people's attitudes toward service use and filial expectations. Findings underscore the important influence of attitudes on assistance use in contrast to self-designated race, which had no influence either independently or in interaction with attitudinal variables. Older people more likely to receive assistance were women of older age with lower incomes, who expressed more concerns about using services and were more physically disabled. Those receiving larger amounts of help had fewer concerns about using formal services and lived with their primary caregivers. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980611404 A |
| Classmark | N: QLD: DP: P6:SJ: 7T |
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