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| Elders' preferences for care setting in short and long term disability scenarios | | Author(s) | Julie J Keysor, Tejas Desai, Elizabeth J Mutran |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 3, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 334-344 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Domiciliary services ; Long term ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The decision-making processes of older people regarding long term care were investigated in this US study, using short- and long-term disability scenarios. Using Wilcoxon rank sum test, the study assessed differences in perceptions of financial difficulty, family strain, and personal stress, by predisposing, enabling, and need factors. Logistic regression was used to determine which factors were predictive of preference for long-term care location. Findings showed that frail and poor older people and those who lived alone had more financial and familial concerns; older people of a higher social class anticipated more personal stress; those with negative attitudes toward long-term care facilities, and who had fewer financial, familial and personal concerns, and who were married, were more likely to prefer home care. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826294 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: N: 4Q: DP: 7T |
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