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| Service use, caregiving mastery, and attitudes toward community services | | Author(s) | Baila Miller, Snigdha Mukherjee |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 18, no 2, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 162-176 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Attitude ; Spouses as carers ; Community care ; Usage [services] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this US study was to determine the correlates of selected caregiver attitudes toward community services in a sample of 215 spouse caregivers of people with dementia. Predictors of two types of attitudes differed, confirming the multidimensionality and specificity of attitude formation. Caregivers with higher levels of caregiving mastery, lower levels of caregiver preparedness, less education, and more helpers had a greater likelihood of having confidence and trust in use of services. Women, African Americans, service users, and those with lower levels of caregiving mastery had a greater likelihood of accepting government and community services. The findings highlight the complexity of the idea that improving attitudes toward community services will lead to greater use of caregiver support services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990728234 A |
| Classmark | P6: F: DP: P6:SN: PA: QLD: 7T |
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