Understanding Factors That Influence Success of Home- and Community-Based Services in Keeping Older Adults in Community Settings
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Summary
Read this study that found two significant supportive factors for older adults to remain in communities were use of paid instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) personal care services and awareness of unmet needs. Findings suggest the importance of encouraging older adults to acknowledge their unmet needs and to seek community-based support services early, rather than wait until they have developed more serious needs.
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Journal of Aging and Health
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Keywords
causal relationships; policy; Structural equation modeling; Andersen’s Health Behavioral Model; Second Longitudinal Study of Aging; nursing homes; Social Enabling Factors; Financial Enabling Factors; Self-Reported ADL; Hester McLaws’s Nursing Scholarship; University of Washington School of Nursing
Contact
Ya-Mei
Chen
Psychosocial & Community Health, Box 357263
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
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yameic@u.washington.edu