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| A study of factors facilitating and inhibiting the willingness of the institutionalised disabled elderly for rehabilitation: a United States-Japanese comparison | | Author(s) | Mitsuko Ushikubo |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 13, no 2, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 127-157 |
| Keywords | Aftercare ; Bedridden ; Attitude ; Comparison ; Japan ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The prevalence of "bedridden" older people in Japan is at least three times higher than in other industrialised countries. The aim of this study was to identify the factors facilitating and inhibiting the willingness of institutionalised disabled older people with respect to physical, goal-attainment, psychological and cultural aspects. The convenience sample consisted of 71 disabled older adults (45 in Japan and 26 in the United States (US)). Factors found to facilitate willingness of older persons for rehabilitation included high independence level in activities of daily living (ADL), generalised endurance/stamina, lack of pain, mutual goal agreement between older people and care staff, and no presence of regressive behaviour. The cultural factor that is most likely to explain why Japan has a higher prevalence of bedridden older people than the US may be the dependence versus the independence ethic; more people in the Japanese sample expected help from others all the time than in the US sample. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990217403 A |
| Classmark | LN: C8: DP: 48: 7DT: 7T |
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