Characteristics of family/friend care networks of frail seniors
| Autor: | Janet Fast, Pam Otfinowski, Linda Derksen, Norah Keating |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Home Nursing Frail Elderly 050109 social psychology Community Networks 03 medical and health sciences Health services medicine Age composition Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Frail elderly Composition (language) Health needs Aged Community and Home Care Aged 80 and over 030505 public health business.industry Data Collection 05 social sciences Middle Aged Survey data collection Female Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement. 23(1) |
| ISSN: | 0714-9808 |
| Popis: | This paper tests assumptions often made by policy makers and practitioners that networks of family, friends, and neighbours are able to provide sustained care to frail elderly Canadians. Using national survey data, we examined characteristics of the care networks of 1,104 seniors living with a long-term health problem. Care networks were found to vary considerably in size, relationship composition, gender composition, age composition, and proximity, and these network characteristics were found to help explain variations in the types and amounts of care received. As a result, network characteristics that might place seniors at risk of receiving inadequate care (including small size and higher proportions of non-kin, male, and geographically distant members) were identified. These risk factors appear to be poorly reflected in most existing policy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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