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| The conceptual and empirical link between health behaviors, self reported health, and the use of home health care in later life | | Author(s) | Lee Ann Mjelde-Mossey, Michal E Mor Barak |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 17, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 71-89 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Therapeutic services [domiciliary] ; Usage [services] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The primary qualification for Medicare's home health care benefit in the US is being housebound, typically by a chronic disability. Disability and functional ability in late life are heavily influenced by long-term health behaviour practices. One of the aims of Healthy People 2000 is to increase the years of healthy life which are measured, in part, by self reported health status. This compression of morbidity would, in effect, reduce the need for long-term care. This paper examines three conceptual models linking health behaviours to self-reported health in a unique sample of older adults who have chosen to participate in a corporate sponsored wellness programme. The results of this study suggest two potential targets for intervention by health care providers and multidisciplinary geriatric teams: first, falls education and prevention; and second, maintaining exercise levels and resistance training. It is hoped that these findings will encourage further investigation concerning health behaviour which will lead to reducing the need for home health care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990426006 A |
| Classmark | CC: N3: QLD: 3F: 7T |
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