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Huang J, Qian X, Choi EPH, Chau PH. The Consequences of Unmet Needs for Assistance With Daily Life Activities Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Med Care Res Rev 2024:10775587241233798. [PMID: 38450440 DOI: 10.1177/10775587241233798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Many older adults are experiencing unmet needs for assistance with the activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Such unmet needs might threaten their physical and psychosocial well-being. We conducted a systematic review to provide a comprehensive picture of the health consequences of unmet ADL/IADL needs among older adults. Twenty-eight published articles were included for qualitative synthesis. We found that unmet ADL/IADL needs were consistently associated with higher health care utilization (e.g., hospitalization, medical spending) and adverse psychosocial consequences (e.g., anxiety, depression), while the findings of falls and mortality remain inconsistent. More studies are needed to draw firm conclusions and to allow for quantitative synthesis. This review advocates for more coordinated and comprehensive long-term care services for older adults. Future studies should explore how the adverse health outcomes identified in this review can be prevented or improved by adequately meeting older adults' needs for assistance.
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- Jing Huang
- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Truskinovsky Y, Wiemers EE. Paid care among older adults with long-term care needs declined in the first year of COVID-19 while families stepped in. HEALTH AFFAIRS SCHOLAR 2023; 1:qxad040. [PMID: 38756748 PMCID: PMC10986229 DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxad040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Separate strands of research have documented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes and among paid and family caregivers, yet there is little evidence connecting changes in the residential decisions of older adults with the provision of paid and family care, limiting our ability to identify potential substitutions and gaps in care. Using the 2020 wave of the Health and Retirement Study linked to county-level COVID-19 mortality rates, we found that, among older adults with long-term care needs, higher county-level mortality rates were associated with a decline in nursing home residence and an increase in co-residence with adult children. These changes were coupled with a decline in the likelihood of receiving paid care and in the number of paid caregivers and an increase in the hours of unpaid care received. This analysis documents a reduction in nursing home residence and paid care during the first year of the pandemic and shows that families filled some of the resulting care gaps. Policymaking around long-term care should consider whether declines in the use of paid care are permanent and how they will affect the health of older Americans and their caregivers over the next decade.
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- Yulya Truskinovsky
- Department of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
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- Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University,Syracuse, NY, 13244, United States
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Wang K, Zhao J, Hu J, Liang D, Luo Y. Predicting unmet activities of daily living needs among the oldest old with disabilities in China: a machine learning approach. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1257818. [PMID: 37771828 PMCID: PMC10523409 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1257818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Background The ageing population in China has led to a significant increase in the number of older persons with disabilities. These individuals face substantial challenges in accessing adequate activities of daily living (ADL) assistance. Unmet ADL needs among this population can result in severe health consequences and strain an already burdened care system. This study aims to identify the factors influencing unmet ADL needs of the oldest old (those aged 80 and above) with disabilities using six machine learning methods. Methods Drawing from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) 2017-2018 data, we employed six machine learning methods to predict unmet ADL needs among the oldest old with disabilities. The predictive effects of various factors on unmet ADL needs were explored using Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP). Results The Random Forest model showed the highest prediction accuracy among the six machine learning methods tested. SHAP analysis based on the Random Forest model revealed that factors such as household registration, disability class, economic rank, self-rated health, caregiver willingness, perceived control, economic satisfaction, pension, educational attainment, financial support given to children, living arrangement, number of children, and primary caregiver played significant roles in the unmet ADL needs of the oldest old with disabilities. Conclusion Our study highlights the importance of socioeconomic factors (e.g., household registration and economic rank), health status (e.g., disability class and self-rated health), and caregiving relationship factors (e.g., caregiver willingness and perceived control) in reducing unmet ADL needs among the oldest old with disabilities in China. Government interventions aimed at bridging the urban-rural divide, targeting groups with deteriorating health status, and enhancing caregiver skills are essential for ensuring the well-being of this vulnerable population. These findings can inform policy decisions and interventions to better address the unmet ADL needs among the oldest old with disabilities.
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- Kun Wang
- Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (School of Philosophy), Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Nankai University (Zhou Enlai School of Government), Tianjin, China
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- Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (School of Philosophy), Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Wuhan University (School of Physics and Technology), Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (School of Medicine and Health Management), Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (School of Philosophy), Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Cao Y, Feng Z, Mor V, Du P. Unmet Needs and Associated Factors among Community-living Older People with Disability in China: 2005-2014. J Aging Soc Policy 2023; 35:648-666. [PMID: 35950837 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2022.2110806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Based on the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey from 2005 to 2014, this study estimated the prevalence and examined risk factors of under-met needs and completely unmet needs for assistance in activities of daily living (ADLs) among community-living older people with disability in China. As of 2014, over 50% of community-living Chinese elders with disability experienced under-met needs, and nearly 5% had completely unmet needs. From 2005 to 2014, the proportion with completely unmet needs doubled for all disabled elders. Significant risk factors of under-met needs included lower per capita annual household income, more ADL limitations, living alone, and fewer living children, and those of completely unmet needs included less ADL limitations and living alone. More policy attention should be paid to address the gap between long-term care services for older persons with severe disability and supportive services for those who are relatively healthy, toward ultimately establishing a care continuum for the elderly at all stages of their life course. In addition, family care for elders with severe functional impairments should be supplemented by professional long-term care services to best meet their needs.
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- Yang Cao
- School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Labor and Social Security, RTI International, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University, Beijing, P.R. China
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Rahman MM, Rosenberg M, Flores G, Parsell N, Akter S, Alam MA, Rahman MM, Edejer T. A systematic review and meta-analysis of unmet needs for healthcare and long-term care among older people. HEALTH ECONOMICS REVIEW 2022; 12:60. [PMID: 36482044 PMCID: PMC9733388 DOI: 10.1186/s13561-022-00398-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND The absolute number of older individuals needing medical care and long-term care (LTC) is increasing globally due to the growing ageing population. However, it is uncertain who and what proportion of the population has access to care. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and reasons for unmet needs for healthcare and long-term care among older people, 65 years old and above, across countries was conducted. METHODS An information specialist performed a comprehensive search of four major databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CINAHL) from inception to June 2020 without restrictions on language and date. We did random-effects meta-analysis to obtain pooled prevalence. We stratified the meta-analysis by reasons for unmet need categorized by barrier dimension (availability, accessibility, affordability, and acceptability), survey year, geographic location, and socio-demographic characteristics of the older individual. RESULTS After screening 3912 articles, we included 101 studies published between 1996 and 2020. Of the 101 studies, 87 studies reported unmet healthcare needs and 14 studies reported unmet LTC needs. Overall, 10.4% (95% CI, 7.3-13.9) of the older population had unmet needs for healthcare. The common reasons for unmet healthcare needs were cost of treatment, lack of health facilities, lack of/conflicting time, health problem not viewed as serious, and mistrust/fear of provider. A significant variation in pooled prevalence of unmet healthcare needs due to cost was found by gender (male [10.9, 95% CI, 8.9-13.1] vs female [14.4, 95% CI, 11.8-17.3]), educational level (primary or less [13.3, 95% CI, 9.6-17.6] vs higher [7.5, 95% CI, 5.9-9.3]), self-reported health (poor [23.2, 95% CI, 18.8-27.8] vs good [4.4, 95% CI, 3.4-5.5]), insurance status (insured [9.0, 95% CI, 7.5-10.6] vs uninsured [27.7, 95% CI, 24.0-31.5]), and economic status of population (poorest [28.2, 95% CI, 14.1-44.9] vs richest [7.1, 95% CI, 3.8-11.3]). One in four (25.1, 95% CI, 17.1-34.2) older people had unmet needs in LTC. Rural residents had a higher prevalence of unmet needs in LTC compared to their urban counterparts. CONCLUSION With the population ageing globally, it is necessary to improve access to health care and LTC for older people. Ensuring affordability of health services, reducing geographical barriers, and improving acceptability, will be critical in reducing unmet need. Unmet needs for healthcare were concentrated in population with no education, poor economic group, outpatient health facility user, and uninsured group. With education and economic-based inequalities at the forefront, all countries should focus on improving access to health services by reducing the burden related to healthcare costs.
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- Md Mizanur Rahman
- Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Centre for Health Development, World Health Organization, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Computational Diagnostic Radiology and Preventive Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Spiers GF, Kunonga TP, Stow D, Hall A, Kingston A, Williams O, Beyer F, Bower P, Craig D, Todd C, Hanratty B. Factors associated with unmet need for support to maintain independence in later life: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence. Age Ageing 2022; 51:6776175. [PMID: 36309974 PMCID: PMC9618284 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND populations are considered to have an 'unmet need' when they could benefit from, but do not get, the necessary support. Policy efforts to achieve equitable access to long-term care require an understanding of patterns of unmet need. A systematic review was conducted to identify factors associated with unmet need for support to maintain independence in later life. METHODS seven bibliographic databases and four non-bibliographic evidence sources were searched. Quantitative observational studies and qualitative systematic reviews were included if they reported factors associated with unmet need for support to maintain independence in populations aged 50+, in high-income countries. No limits to publication date were imposed. Studies were quality assessed and a narrative synthesis used, supported by forest plots to visualise data. FINDINGS forty-three quantitative studies and 10 qualitative systematic reviews were included. Evidence across multiple studies suggests that being male, younger age, living alone, having lower levels of income, poor self-rated health, more functional limitations and greater severity of depression were linked to unmet need. Other factors that were reported in single studies were also identified. In the qualitative reviews, care eligibility criteria, the quality, adequacy and absence of care, and cultural and language barriers were implicated in unmet need. CONCLUSIONS this review identifies which groups of older people may be most at risk of not accessing the support they need to maintain independence. Ongoing monitoring of unmet need is critical to support policy efforts to achieve equal ageing and equitable access to care.
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Huang J, Choi EPH, Chau PH. The impact of unmet needs for assistance with activities of daily living on the self-rated health and life satisfaction of Chinese community-dwelling older adults. Aging Ment Health 2022; 27:803-810. [PMID: 35238264 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2045563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study examined the associations of change in unmet needs for assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) with the self-rated health and life satisfaction of community-dwelling Chinese older adults. METHODS Using national longitudinal data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study, we examined the associations of change in unmet ADL needs with self-rated health and life satisfaction from baseline (T1) to a 3-year follow-up (T2) among 1,914 ADL-limited older adults. Change in unmet ADL needs was categorized into 'Persistently Unmet,' 'Unmet at T1 Only,' 'Unmet at T2 Only,' and 'Never Unmet.' Self-rated health and life satisfaction were rated by 5-point Likert scales. Linear mixed models were performed to examine the associations, controlling for sociodemographics, health conditions, and social support. RESULTS Older adults whose ADL needs were 'Persistently Unmet,' 'Unmet at T2 Only,' or 'Never Unmet,' showed a significant decline in self-rated health, but those whose ADL needs were 'Unmet at T1 Only' exhibited a significant rise at follow-up. While life satisfaction was stable among older adults with 'Persistently Unmet' or 'Never Unmet' ADL needs, it significantly decreased among those with 'Unmet at T2 Only' ADL needs and increased among those with 'Unmet at T1 Only' ADL needs. CONCLUSION Unmet needs may play an even more significant role in negatively impacting life satisfaction than the ADL limitation itself. Unmet ADL needs' effects on self-rated health and life satisfaction appeared to be short-term rather than long-term. Thus, it is never too late to adequately meet older adults' ADL needs. UNLABELLED Supplemental data for this article is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2045563.
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- Jing Huang
- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Xu X, Zhang L, Chen L, Wei F. Does COVID-2019 have an Impact on the Purchase Intention of Commercial Long-Term Care Insurance among the Elderly in China? Healthcare (Basel) 2020; 8:E126. [PMID: 32384771 PMCID: PMC7349102 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare8020126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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PURPOSE As an important measure to alleviate long-term care (LTC) costs for the disabled due to the aging of the population, long-term care insurance (LTCI) system has been paid more attention in China. In addition to the government-led public LTCI system that has been piloted in cities such as Qingdao, Chongqing and Shanghai, health insurers such as the China Life Insurance Company are also experimenting with various types of commercial LTCI in the private market. However, the commercial LTCI market is developing very slowly due to public awareness and other reasons. On the other hand, COVID-2019 has had an impact on the cognition of the importance of long-term care for the elderly due to the fact that the death cases of COVID-2019 have been mainly concentrated in the elderly population with chronic diseases such as hypertension. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the differences in the purchase intention of commercial LTCI among the elderly in two different periods: before and after the outbreak of COVID-2019. METHODS By using the Andersen behavioral model and two investigations in two different periods before and after the outbreak of COVID-2019, this study explores the impacts of COVID-2019 on the purchase intention of commercial LTCI. RESULTS Some significant discoveries were found. For example, 25.8% of interviewees showed purchase intention in LTCI in the time before the COVID-2019 outbreak, while this proportion increased to 37.6% after the COVID-2019 outbreak. People who were younger (OR = 2.128, before COVID-2019; OR = 1.875, after COVID-2019) or who had more education (OR = 1.502, before COVID-2019; OR = 2.218, after COVID-2019) were more interested in commercial LTCI. CONCLUSION This study shows that COVID-2019 has had an obvious impact on the purchase intention of commercial LTCI, which provides some enlightenment for China to improve the LTCI system in the future, especially to accelerate the development of commercial LTCI. For example, it is essential to promote the importance of long-term care among the elderly in a focused and targeted way. In terms of the key target audience, it can be developed gradually from the groups with higher education levels and the middle elderly aged 45-64 years old.
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- Xiaocang Xu
- School of Economics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China;
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- Research Center for Economy of Upper Reaches of the Yangtse River, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China;
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China;
- School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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Zeng L, Xu X, Zhang C, Chen L. Factors Influencing Long-Term Care Service Needs among the Elderly Based on the Latest Anderson Model: A Case Study from the Middle and Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River. Healthcare (Basel) 2019; 7:healthcare7040157. [PMID: 31816957 PMCID: PMC6955999 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare7040157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The rapid growth of population aging makes providing adequate long-term care (LTC) services for the elderly a serious social dilemma in China. Thus, it is necessary to carry out a theoretical discussion on the LTC service needs of the elderly and find out their influencing factors. With four regions of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River as the sample case, this study aims to explore the factors that affect LTC service needs of the elderly in the frame of the latest Anderson Model, which added psychosocial factors to predisposing characteristics, enabling factors, and need factors in the old version. Some interesting results have been found, for example, self-image evaluation is composed of several factors such as general physical health, attitude towards life, or psychosocial states. Finally, sub-analyses—namely, by age, by gender, and by educational level—were carried out since the choice of different long-term care service patterns is related to different age/gender/education groups.
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- Liao Zeng
- Research Center for Economy of Upper Reaches of the Yangtse River, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China;
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- School of Economics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
- Correspondence: (X.X.); (L.C.)
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- Department of Economics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China;
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
- School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- Correspondence: (X.X.); (L.C.)
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Is informal care sufficient to meet the long-term care needs of older people with disabilities in China? Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey. AGEING & SOCIETY 2019. [DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x1900148x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractRapid demographic shifts and socio-economic changes are fuelling concerns over the inadequate supply of informal care – the most common source of care-giving for older people in China. Unmet long-term care needs, which are believed to cause numerous adverse effects on health, continue to increase. Drawing data from the 2015 wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, this study explores the relationship between informal care provision and unmet long-term care needs among older people in China. We first examine the availability of informal care among older people with disabilities. We then analyse whether a higher intensity of informal care leads to lower unmet needs. Our findings suggest that the majority of older people with disabilities receive a low intensity of care, i.e. less than 80 hours per month. Besides, a higher intensity of informal care received could significantly lower the probabilities of unmet needs for the disabled older adults who have mainly instrumental activities of daily living limitations. Our study points out that informal care cannot address the needs of those who are struggling with multi-dimensional difficulties in their daily living. Our findings highlight a pressing need for the government to buttress the formal care provision and delivery systems to support both informal care-givers and disabled older people in China.
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The caregiving dyad: Do caregivers' appraisals of caregiving matter for care recipients' health? Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2019; 82:50-60. [PMID: 30711843 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2019.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Caregiving experiences matter for caregivers' own wellbeing, but few studies link caregivers' burden and benefit perceptions with recipient outcomes. Following the stress process model, I prospectively explore how caregivers' experiences shape recipients' mental health. I match US National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study of Caregivers, employing logistic regression on 781 older adult-informal caregiver dyads. I examine how caregivers' appraisals shape recipients' subsequent depression and anxiety, with caregiver mental health and recipient unmet care need as key covariates. Recipients receiving care from caregivers reporting predominantly benefits are less likely to become depressed than counterparts receiving care from persons reporting predominantly burden. Recipients receiving care from persons reporting benefits even alongside low or moderate burden are also less likely to become anxious. Recipient unmet care need, but not caregiver mental health, is associated with recipient mental health. Improving caregiver conditions may have benefits for both dyad members.
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Chen S, Zheng J, Chen C, Xing Y, Cui Y, Ding Y, Li X. Unmet needs of activities of daily living among a community-based sample of disabled elderly people in Eastern China: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatr 2018; 18:160. [PMID: 29996778 PMCID: PMC6042452 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-018-0856-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND China has the largest population of partially or completely disabled elderly people in the world. Although the disabled elderly people try to remain independent in their lives, many still need assistance from others. Failure to obtain sufficient assistance creates a situation of unmet need. Unmet needs of activities of daily living (ADL) for disabled elderly people pose significant risks for hospitalization and mortality and cause an increased economic burden on families and society. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and risk factors of unmet needs among the disabled elderly in China to guide government toward corrective action. METHODS A total of 303 older adults from 15 communities in Nanjing, China were recruited. The Barthel Index (BI) and Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) were used to screen disabled elderly people from the communities. These disabled elderly participants were then investigated in terms of their unmet ADL needs, using an unmet needs assessment form, which had been adapted from the BI and FAQ. Additionally, the Zarit Burden Interview and Family Caregiver Task Inventory were used to survey the main caregivers. Finally, univariate analysis was first used to filter out candidate impact factors, and then, binary logistic regression analysis was used to adjust for cofounders and determine reliable risk factors. RESULTS A total of 93.1% of the disabled elderly people in our study reported at least one unmet need. The prevalence of unmet needs for different ADL tasks ranged from 4.6 to 77.2%. The unmet needs with the highest percentages were using vehicles (77.2%), using stairs (73.1%), working on a hobby (72.1%), social interaction (62.6%) and ambulating (60.1%). The factors influencing unmet needs were related to the degree of disability in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) (OR = 1.079, p ≤ 0.01), the relationship with caregivers (OR = 1.429, p ≤ 0.05) and the monthly income of caregivers (OR = 0.679, p ≤ 0.05). CONCLUSION Disabled elderly people living in communities had a high percentage of unmet needs for activities of daily life that required going outside the bedroom and involved spiritual aspects. Unmet needs increased with worsening disability status in IADL, more distanced relationships with caregivers and lower incomes of caregivers. Both government and caregivers should take more action to prevent or reduce unmet needs among the elderly.
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- Shen Chen
- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Health Service Center of Mofan West Road, No.3 Dinghuaimen, Nanjing, 210013, China
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Access to information on home- and community-based services and functional status. Int J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-0990-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Zhu Y, Österle A. Rural-urban disparities in unmet long-term care needs in China: The role of the hukou status. Soc Sci Med 2017; 191:30-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fu YY, Guo Y, Bai X, Chui EWT. Factors associated with older people's long-term care needs: a case study adopting the expanded version of the Anderson Model in China. BMC Geriatr 2017; 17:38. [PMID: 28143442 PMCID: PMC5282820 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-017-0436-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Alongside changes in society and the economy, the family’s function of taking care of older people is weakening and the formal care mode is becoming more accepted. Older Chinese people are facing diverse choices of long-term care (LTC) modes. Acknowledging this situation, to optimize older people’s arrangements for LTC services and improve quality of later life, this study sets out to explore and make theoretical sense of older people’s LTC needs and to identify the factors influencing their LTC needs. Methods Questionnaire data were collected from 1090 participants in four Chinese cities in 2014. A conceptual framework was established based on the Anderson Model (i.e., predisposing factors, enabling factors, and need factors), and further strengthened by adding several psychosocial factors (i.e. intergenerational relationships, unmet care service needs, and self-image). Multinomial logistic regression was adopted to explore the influencing factors of LTC needs. Participants choosing home-and-community-based care were regarded as the reference group. Results After controlling for predisposing, enabling, and need factors, those with better self-image (OR = 1.027, p = 0.021) and fewer unmet care service needs (OR = 0.936, p = 0.009) were identified as being more likely to choose family care; those with less close intergenerational relationships (OR = 0.676, p = 0.019), fewer unmet care service needs (OR = 0.912, p = 0.027), and better self-image (OR = 1.044, p = 0.026) were more likely to choose institutional care. Gender- and age-related differences in the determinants of LTC needs were observed. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that professionals and service providers should pay more attention to the important role of psychosocial factors in affecting older people’s LTC needs and be more sensitive to gender- and age-related differences. Effective efforts to improve intergenerational relationships, to further develop care services for older people, and to foster a more positive image of aging should be emphasized.
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- Yuan Yuan Fu
- Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Room 712, Jockey Club Tower, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Social Security, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Room 227, Qiu Shi Building, No. 59 Zhongguancun Avenue, Beijing, 100872, China.
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, 5/F Jockey Club Tower, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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Horizontal and vertical targeting: a population-based comparison of public eldercare services in urban and rural areas of Sweden. Aging Clin Exp Res 2016; 28:147-58. [PMID: 25990665 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0369-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The concepts of target efficiency can be used to assess the extent to which service provision is in line with the needs of the population. Horizontal target efficiency denotes the extent to which those deemed to need a service receive it and vertical target efficiency is the corresponding extent to which those who receive services actually need them. The aim of this study was to assess the target efficiency of the Swedish eldercare system and to establish whether target efficiencies differ in different geographical areas such as large urban, midsize urban and rural areas. Vertical efficiency was measured by studying those people who received eldercare services and was expressed as a percentage of those who received services who were functionally dependent. To measure horizontal target efficiency, data collected at baseline in the longitudinal population study SNAC (Swedish National study on Aging and Care) during the years 2001-2004 were used. The horizontal efficiency was calculated as the percentage of functionally dependent persons who received services. Functional dependency was measured as having difficulty with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and/or personal activities of daily living (PADL). Services included long-term municipal eldercare services (LTC). Horizontal target efficiency for the public LTC system was reasonably high in all three geographical areas, when using dependency in PADL as the measure of need (70-90 %), but efficiency was lower when the less restrictive measure of IADL dependency was used (40-50 %). In both cases, the target efficiency was markedly higher in the large urban and the rural areas than in the midsize urban areas. Vertical target efficiency showed the same pattern-it was almost 100 % in all areas for IADL dependency, but only 50-60 % for PADL dependency. Household composition differed in the areas studied as did the way public long-term care was provided to people living alone as compared to those co-habiting.
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Nagata S, Ogawa K, Taguchi A, Naruse T, Murashima S, Magilvy JK. Promoting the Use of Visiting Nurse Services for Patients Discharged From Hospital. HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE 2015. [DOI: 10.1177/1084822314547960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A project to encourage the adequate use of visiting nurse services (VNS) after discharge was conducted by “K” City, Japan. Eligible individuals were inpatients of general hospital ready for discharge and assessed as potentially needing VNS, and their out-of-pocket fees for VNS within 1 month following discharge were covered by the city. To clarify this project’s effect, patient/family’s intention to use VNS and the utilization of VNS at each time point were evaluated. Eighty-eight residents used the project. Before initial hospitalization, less than one quarter of users had recognized the necessity of VNS. Many participants (88.6%) continued to use VNS even after the completion of the project period despite having to cover the VNS cost by themselves, indicating that this project had a positive impact on appropriate VNS use.
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- Kusatsu Community Comprehensive Support Center, Japan
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García-Gómez P, Hernández-Quevedo C, Jiménez-Rubio D, Oliva-Moreno J. Inequity in long-term care use and unmet need: two sides of the same coin. JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS 2015; 39:147-58. [PMID: 25544399 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We investigate the determinants of several LTC services and unmet need using data from a representative sample of the non-institutionalised disabled population in Spain in 2008. We measure the level of horizontal inequity and compare results using self-reported versus a more objective indicator of unmet needs. Evidence suggests that after controlling for a wide set of need variables, there is not an equitable distribution of use and unmet need of LTC services in Spain; formal services are concentrated among the better-off, while intensive informal care is concentrated among the worst-off. The distribution of unmet needs for LTC services depends on the service considered and on whether we focus on subjective or objective measures. In 2008, only individuals with the highest dependency level had universal coverage. Our results show that inequities in most LTC services and unmet needs among this group either remain or even increase for formal services.
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- Pilar García-Gómez
- Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands.
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Robinson H, MacDonald B, Broadbent E. The Role of Healthcare Robots for Older People at Home: A Review. Int J Soc Robot 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s12369-014-0242-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nagata S, Taguchi A, Naruse T, Kuwahara Y, Murashima S. Unmet needs for visiting nurse services among older people after hospital discharge and related factors in Japan: Cross-sectional survey. Jpn J Nurs Sci 2013; 10:242-54. [DOI: 10.1111/jjns.12012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Satoko Nagata
- Department of Community Health Nursing; Graduate School of Medicine; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Community Health Nursing; Graduate School of Medicine; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Community Health Nursing; Graduate School of Medicine; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan
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Horizontal and vertical target efficiency – a comparison between users and non-users of public long-term care in Sweden. AGEING & SOCIETY 2012. [DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x12001225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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ABSTRACTThe extent to which a system of services is in tune with the needs of the population can be expressed in terms of target efficiency, which includes horizontal target efficiency – the extent to which those deemed to need a service receive it – and vertical target efficiency – the corresponding extent to which those who receive a service actually need it. Vertical efficiency can be measured by looking only at those receiving services. To measure horizontal target efficiency in a population, one must have access to population surveys. Data were taken from the baseline survey of the Swedish National Study on Ageing and Care (SNAC study). The results show that more than 80 per cent of those dependent in personal activities of daily living in the studied geographic areas were users of public long-term care (LTC). Dependency in instrumental activities of daily living was identified as the most important predictor of using LTC. Vertical target efficiency was 83–95 per cent depending on age, gender and type of household, if need was defined as dependency in instrumental activities of daily living. It was considerably lower, 35–61 per cent when defined as dependency in personal daily activities. Overall, long-term target efficiency in Sweden must be regarded as high. Few persons who need public LTC services fail to receive them.
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Liu YH, Chang HJ, Huang CC. The Unmet Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Needs of Dependent Elders and their Related Factors: An Approach from Both an Individual- and Area-Level Perspective. INT J GERONTOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Momtaz YA, Hamid TA, Ibrahim R. Unmet needs among disabled elderly Malaysians. Soc Sci Med 2012; 75:859-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Revised: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ABSTRACTBased on data from the 2002 General Social Survey, this research presents a global portrait of unmet needs for home care services among Canadians aged 65 and over. It shows that 26.8% of seniors need assistance, accounting for approximately 1,024,000 individuals. Among these, just over 180,000 (17.7%) had at least one unmet need. In nearly half the cases, elderly with unmet needs receive insufficient support for 2 activities or more. Furthermore, house cleaning, house maintenance and outdoor work are the three activities with the highest prevalence of unmet needs. Finally, the younger seniors, those who require assistance for 3 or 4 activities and those living in Quebec and British Columbia are most likely to have unmet needs.
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Yamada Y, Siersma V, Avlund K, Vass M. Formal home help services and institutionalization. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2012; 54:e52-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Li H, Kyrouac GA, McManus DQ, Cranston RE, Hughes S. Unmet home care service needs of rural older adults with Alzheimer's disease: a perspective of informal caregivers. JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORK 2012; 55:409-425. [PMID: 22783958 DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2011.650318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This study assessed unmet service needs of rural older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and identified factors that were related to these needs. Data were collected from 109 informal caregivers of AD patients. Over half of the patients experienced unmet service needs in 1 or more areas of activities of daily functioning. Informal caregiver burden and patient's gender and functional status were significantly related to patients' unmet service needs. Patients' use of formal services was marginally related to their unmet service needs. To better address patients' service needs, a comprehensive needs assessment should be conducted with both patients and their caregivers.
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- Hong Li
- School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Chen YM, Thompson EA. Understanding factors that influence success of home- and community-based services in keeping older adults in community settings. J Aging Health 2010; 22:267-91. [PMID: 20103687 DOI: 10.1177/0898264309356593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To understand factors that influence success of home- and community-based services in keeping older adults in community settings, we examined the causal relationships among older adults' personal factors, older adults' home- and community-based services use, and older adults' remaining in communities. METHODS Structural equation modeling was employed to test a home- and community-based services model based on Andersen's Health Behavioral Model. Data from 5,294 elders in a nationally representative dataset, the Second Longitudinal Study of Aging, were included for analysis. RESULTS 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. DISCUSSION Our 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, such as difficulties in activities of daily living (ADL).
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- Ya-Mei Chen
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Kemper P, Weaver F, Short PF, Shea D, Kang H. Meeting the need for personal care among the elderly: does Medicaid home care spending matter? Health Serv Res 2008; 43:344-62. [PMID: 18199190 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether Medicaid home care spending reduces the proportion of the disabled elderly population who do not get help with personal care. DATA SOURCES Data on Medicaid home care spending per poor elderly person in each state is merged with data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey for 1992, 1996, and 2000. The sample (n=6,067) includes elderly persons living in the community who have at least one limitation in activities of daily living (ADLs). STUDY DESIGN Using a repeated cross-section analysis, the probability of not getting help with an ADL is estimated as a function of Medicaid home care spending, individual income, interactions between income and spending, and a set of individual characteristics. Because Medicaid home care spending is targeted at the low-income population, it is not expected to affect the population with higher incomes. We exploit this difference by using higher-income groups as comparison groups to assess whether unobserved state characteristics bias the estimates. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Among the low-income disabled elderly, the probability of not receiving help with an ADL limitation is about 10 percentage points lower in states in the top quartile of per capita Medicaid home care spending than in other states. No such association is observed in higher-income groups. These results are robust to a set of sensitivity analyses of the methods. CONCLUSION These findings should reassure state and federal policymakers considering expanding Medicaid home care programs that they do deliver services to low-income people with long-term care needs and reduce the percent of those who are not getting help.
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- Peter Kemper
- Department of Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Stout BJ, Hagglund KJ, Clark MJ. The Challenge of Financing and Delivering Personal Assistant Services. JOURNAL OF DISABILITY POLICY STUDIES 2008. [DOI: 10.1177/1044207308315281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Over the past several years, a multitude of factors have converged to make the financing and delivery of personal assistant services (PAS) two of the most critical issues in American disability policy making. This article chronicles the development of assistive services and examines some of the more noteworthy strategies designed to improve PAS policy making. The argument is made that PAS should be a mandatory benefit provided through Medicaid. This approach, although imperfect, holds the greatest potential for improving the PAS delivery system. Incorporating PAS as a Medicaid benefit offers advantages over the current system, including the opportunity for ongoing need and satisfaction assessment among program beneficiaries, the development of a platform for strengthening the personal assistant workforce, and the ability to generate evidenced-based recommendations for improved service outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
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Davin B, Paraponaris A, Verger P. [Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with needs for home assistance among community-dwelling elderly: a study from the French Home Survey Handicaps-Disabilities-Dependence]. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2006; 53:509-24. [PMID: 16434925 DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84728-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gains in life expectancy in western countries have mainly come hand in hand with growing chronic diseases and disabilities related to the activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Although these disabilities have been identified as predictors of institutionalization, the elderly in France continue to live at home, in the community, alone or with others. This work aims at identifying and assessing their needs for assistance and looks especially at the demographic and socioeconomic associated features. METHODS Reported needs for assistance with ADL and IADL are studied through a representative sample of 8,745 people aged 60 years and older and living at home in 1999, taken from the French cross-sectional "Handicaps-Disabilities-Dependence" survey. Statistical associations (non-adjusted and adjusted Odds-Ratio-OR) have been computed in a conceptual framework derived from Andersen and Newman's behavioural model. RESULTS More than 1 million people aged 60 years and older need assistance from another person to perform at least one ADL (bathing, dressing, going to toilet, eating, transferring, getting outside) and about 2.5 millions persons for at least one IADL (shopping, food preparation, housekeeping). Need for assistance for at least one ADL is associated with age (OR=1.4 for 70-79, 3.6 for 80+); male aged 80 and older (OR=0.5); low educational status (OR=1.5); being married (OR=1.7) or living with an other person (OR=2); a disposable income less than 540 euro per capita and per month or between 540 and 1,080 euro (OR=1.3); impairments: motor (OR=3), language (OR=2.1), visual (OR=1.7), mental (OR=1.5) and other (OR=1.2); availability of home equipment devices (OR=3.5), technical devices for moving inside (OR=3) and others (OR=2.1). Need for assistance is especially high among those who required assistance (OR=4) or proxies (OR=5.5) to answer. Declared need for assistance for at least one IADL is roughly associated with the same factors. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the declared needs for human assistance are based not exclusively on functional limitations but are also related to the social and environmental setting.
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- B Davin
- INSERM UMR 379, 232, boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite, 13273 Marseille Cedex 9
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Li H. Barriers to and unmet needs for supportive services: experiences of Asian-American caregivers. J Cross Cult Gerontol 2004; 19:241-60. [PMID: 15243200 DOI: 10.1023/b:jccg.0000034221.07028.9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This study examined service barriers to and unmet needs for in-home and community-based supportive services and identified risk factors that were related to unmet service needs reported by Asian American caregivers. Data were extracted from the Family Caregiving in the U.S. Survey, conducted by the National Alliance for Caregivers (NAC) and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in 1997. The sample included 157 Asian American caregivers whose care receivers used supportive services in the past 12 months. Nearly one half of Asian American caregivers reported service barriers. The barriers they identified most often were related to personal issues that caregivers often felt "too proud to accept it" or "didn't want outsiders coming in." Other frequently reported barriers were related to service providers, including "service is not available," "bureaucracy too complex," or "can't find qualified providers." With respect to unmet service needs, more than one half of caregivers reported that services provided did not meet care receivers' needs. The service needs that caregivers most frequently reported as unmet were adult day care, meal services, and personal care. Results from a negative binomial regression analysis showed that elderly persons' chronic conditions, caregivers' educational attainment, and levels of informal assistance were significantly related to unmet service needs.
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- Hong Li
- Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign, 1207 W Oregon, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Algera M, Francke AL, Kerkstra A, van der Zee J. Home care needs of patients with long-term conditions: literature review. J Adv Nurs 2004; 46:417-29. [PMID: 15117353 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03031.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a widely felt need to improve the match between long-term patients' care needs and actual use of home care. As this match is not always adequate, it is important to know what factors influence it. AIM The aim of this paper is to provide insight into long-term patients' need and actual use of home care, and the factors influencing these. METHOD A literature review was carried out, based on database searches in PubMed, CINAHL and the Nivel online library catalogue. A total of 114 papers were retrieved, but only 13 clearly dealt with use of professional home care (rather than informal home care or residential care) by people with long-term conditions. RESULTS There is a dearth of publications on factors influencing the match between care need and actual use of professional home care among people with long-term conditions. Most of the 13 publications reviewed concerned determinants of professional home care use, rather than the match between patients' felt needs and the home care delivered. From these studies, a profile of people with long-term conditions who used home care emerged. In general, older, non-white women, with multiple chronic diseases and impairments, and who had recently had inpatient care, tended to make more use of professional home care. CONCLUSION Future research in this field is recommended, particularly into system- and patient-related characteristics that may be responsible for the mismatch between care need and use.
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- Marco Algera
- Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Otero A, de Yébenes MJG, Rodríguez-Laso A, Zunzunegui MV. Unmet home care needs among community-dwelling elderly people in Spain. Aging Clin Exp Res 2003; 15:234-42. [PMID: 14582686 DOI: 10.1007/bf03324504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sociodemographic changes affecting the elderly population and the family role in providing home care call for reorganization of formal community care services. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of home care needs and the factors associated with unmet home care needs among community-dwelling elderly people in Spain. METHODS The data were derived from a representative sample of community-dwelling elderly people living in a town of the metropolitan area of Madrid (N = 1135). Dependency for daily, weekly and monthly activities was based on disability in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Insufficient help was estimated as an indicator of unmet needs. Logistic regressions were fitted to identify correlates of unmet needs for each type of activity. RESULTS Overall, 14, 39, and 50% of subjects reported dependency for daily, weekly and monthly activities, respectively. Of these, 40, 27, and 12% reported receiving inadequate assistance. Unmet needs were strongly associated with low monthly income, low educational level, living alone, and symptoms of depression. Families were the exclusive source of almost all assistance provided, few persons reporting the use of additional formal community care sources. CONCLUSIONS There are considerable social and material inequalities in access to home care. In view of the poor coverage of the public system for home and personal care, these inequalities may widen in the near future. New public policy initiatives are needed to provide affordable formal family-support services.
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- Angel Otero
- Centro Universitario de Salud Pública, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Agree EM, Freedman VA. A comparison of assistive technology and personal care in alleviating disability and unmet need. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2003; 43:335-44. [PMID: 12810897 DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.3.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The authors examine differences in reports of residual disability and unmet need by type of long-term care arrangement (assistive technology or personal care). DESIGN AND METHODS This study compares three specific dimensions of residual difficulty (pain, fatigue, and time intensity) and reports of unmet need across care arrangements. Samples from the U. S. 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey Phase 2 Disability Supplements include adults with limitations in bathing, transferring, walking, and getting outside. RESULTS Even when differences in underlying disability are accounted for, assistive technology (AT) confers no additional benefit in the three dimensions of residual difficulty analyzed here. AT users equally or more often report that tasks are tiring, time consuming, or painful, even when they use assistance. Though this would appear to indicate unmet needs for care, fewer AT users report a desire for hands-on personal care. IMPLICATIONS Though disability alleviation by technology is no better on specific dimensions of difficulty, technology users report less unmet need for personal care. Designing appropriate and cost-effective home care for adults with disabilities requires a better understanding of the ways in which technology users may differ from others and the circumstances under which technology can be most effective.
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- Emily M Agree
- Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Moore AA, Endo JO, Carter MK. Is there a relationship between excessive drinking and functional impairment in older persons? J Am Geriatr Soc 2003; 51:44-9. [PMID: 12534844 DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.51008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between (1) two thresholds of excessive alcohol drinking, (2) binge drinking, and (3) impairments in functional status in older drinkers. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Ten internal medicine practices affiliated with an academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS One hundred sixty-one persons aged 60 and older who reported drinking one or more drinks in the previous 3 months. MEASUREMENTS Two commonly used thresholds of excessive drinking: (1) eight to 14 drinks per week for women and men (lower threshold) and (2) more than 14 drinks per week for women and men (higher threshold); a measure of binge drinking (> or =3 drinks per occasion for women or > or =4 drinks per occasion for men); and self-reported instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and advanced activities of daily living (AADLs). RESULTS Compared with older persons consuming seven or fewer drinks per week, those exceeding the higher threshold of excessive drinking were more likely to have impairments in IADLs (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 8.4) and, to a lesser extent, AADLs (AOR = 3.7); those exceeding the lower threshold were more likely to have impairments in IADLs (AOR 5 6.0) but not in AADLs (AOR = 1.7). Binge drinkers were also more likely to have impairments in IADLs (AOR = 3.0) but not in AADLs (AOR = 1.5). CONCLUSIONS In this group of older men and women, drinking more than seven drinks per week was associated with impairments in IADLs and, to a lesser extent, AADLs. Drinking more than three drinks per occasion was associated with impairments in IADLs.
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- Alison A Moore
- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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Kennedy J. Unmet and undermet need for activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living assistance among adults with disabilities: estimates from the 1994 and 1995 disability follow-back surveys. Med Care 2001; 39:1305-12. [PMID: 11717572 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200112000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accurate assessments of need for disability assistance are essential for effective planning of disability support services, but there is little national data on type and acuity of need. OBJECTIVE To more fully delineate the type and magnitude of disability assistance needs across the US population, focusing on factors associated with perceived gaps in assistance. RESEARCH DESIGN Secondary analysis of national household survey. SUBJECTS Twenty-five thousand eight hundred five adults identified as disabled in the 1994 and 1995 National Health Interview Surveys. MEASURES Self-reported assistance deficits with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). RESULTS An estimated 3.2 million adults with disabilities have at least one assistance deficit, usually involving IADLs like housework. However, approximately 970 thousand adults report one or more assistance deficits with basic ADLs. Compared to adults with met ADL needs, people with ADL assistance deficits are more likely to live alone, to be in poor health, to be a member of a racial or ethnic minority, and to need help with multiple activities. DISCUSSION These analyses suggest a relatively high rate of unmet and undermet need for disability assistance in the general population. However, only a small number of these adults report assistance deficits with basic ADLs. This group is a logical target for expanded state or federal personal assistance services programming.
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- J Kennedy
- Department of Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
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Godfrey M. Prevention: developing a framework for conceptualizing and evaluating outcomes of preventive services for older people. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2001; 9:89-99. [PMID: 11560725 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00283.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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There is growing preoccupation among policy makers and commissioners in developing preventive strategies and services. There is simultaneous concern with evidence-based purchasing and provision, within health and social care. In social care the evidence base regarding prevention is neither extensive nor robust. As the review of recent policy documents indicates, the concept of prevention is extremely slippery. What preventive services are and whether they are effective depends on the specific policy context, the overall service objectives and the perspective on outcomes adopted (user, carer, professional, service). Focusing on older people, the paper seeks a way through the confusion, locating prevention within a theoretical model of successful ageing. This conceptualizes ageing as involving adaptation to the changing balance between gains and losses over the life course. Successful ageing is perceived as the attainment of valued goals, the minimisation of losses and maximization of gains through the linked processes of selective compensation and optimisation. The paper then identifies necessary elaborations of the model to take into account the wider cultural and socio-economic context. This shapes and constrains the goals pursued and the resources available in adopting particular adaptation strategies. Within this model, preventive services may be conceived as resources to be drawn upon to support compensatory strategies. Similarly, outcomes and effectiveness of services may be evaluated in terms of whether they facilitate/allow older people to achieve valued goals. In developing and evaluating preventive services in social care the question of interest is reformulated: what contribution do specific services make in optimising gains and compensating for the losses that accompany ageing? This framework is explored in respect of two substantive areas ripe for secondary prevention services and strategies - bereavement and instrumental support in the home.
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- M Godfrey
- Nuffield Institute for Health, The University of Leeds, UK.
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Desai MM, Lentzner HR, Weeks JD. Unmet need for personal assistance with activities of daily living among older adults. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2001; 41:82-8. [PMID: 11220818 DOI: 10.1093/geront/41.1.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study examined the prevalence, correlates, and negative consequences of unmet need for personal assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) among older adults. DESIGN AND METHODS The authors analyzed cross-sectional data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey's Supplement on Aging. Data were weighted to be representative of the noninstitutionalized population aged 70 years and older. RESULTS Overall, 20.7% of those needing help to perform 1 or more ADLs (an estimated 629,000 persons) reported receiving inadequate assistance; for individual ADLs, the prevalence of unmet need ranged from 10.2% (eating) to 20.1% (transferring). The likelihood of having 1 or more unmet needs was associated with lower household income, multiple ADL difficulties, and living alone. Nearly half of those with unmet needs reported experiencing a negative consequence (e.g., unable to eat when hungry) as a result of their unmet need. IMPLICATIONS Greater, targeted efforts are needed to reduce the prevalence and consequences of unmet need for ADL assistance in elderly persons.
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- M M Desai
- National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
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op Reimer WJ, Scholte de Haan RJ, Rijnders PT, Limburg M, van den Bos GA. Unmet care demands as perceived by stroke patients: deficits in health care? Qual Health Care 1999; 8:30-5. [PMID: 10557667 PMCID: PMC2483631 DOI: 10.1136/qshc.8.1.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe unmet care demands as perceived by stroke patients and to identify sociodemographic and health characteristics associated with these unmet demands to investigate the appropriateness of health care. SETTING Sample of patients who participated in a multicentre study (23 hospitals) on quality of care in The Netherlands. PATIENTS Non-institutionalised patients who had been admitted to hospital because of stroke. Patients were interviewed six months (n = 382) and five years (n = 224) after stroke. DESIGN Six months after stroke data were collected on: (a) sociodemographic characteristics in terms of age, sex, living arrangement, educational level, and regional level of urbanisation; (b) health characteristics in terms of cognitive function, disability, emotional distress, and general health perception; (c) utilisation of professional care; and (d) unmet care demands as perceived by patients. Data on utilisation of care and unmet demands were also collected five years after stroke. Data were collected from June 1991 until December 1996. RESULTS The percentage of unmet care demands was highest at six months after stroke (n = 120, 31%). Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that disabled patients were more likely to be unmet demanders for therapy, (I)ADL care and aids (range odds ratio (OR) = 3.5 to 7.9) than to be no demanders, whereas emotionally distressed patients were more likely to be unmet demanders for psychosocial support (OR = 3.8). When comparing unmet demanders with care users only for (instrumental) activities of daily living (I)ADL care differences were found: men (OR = 3.8), disabled patients (OR = 3.0), and emotionally distressed patients (OR = 6.5) were more likely to be users. CONCLUSIONS Patients who perceived an unmet care demand do appear genuinely to have an unmet care need as supported by assessment of their health status: (a) types of unmet care demands correspond with types of health problems and (b) unmet demanders were in general unhealthier than no demanders and more comparable with care users for health characteristics. IMPLICATIONS To improve an equitable distribution of healthcare services, guidelines for indicating and allocating health care have to be developed and should be based on scientific evidence and consensus meetings including professionals' and patients' perspectives.
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- W J op Reimer
- Department of Social Medicine (J3-309), Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The goal of all long-term care arrangements is to reduce the disabling effects of physical impairments and functional limitations. However, the means with which individuals cope with disability may not be equivalent and these differences may influence self-reports of disability in surveys. This paper examines assistive devices and personal care as factors in the measurement of disability among persons aged 70 and older in the community using the 1994 Survey of Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old (AHEAD) in the US. The use of assistive technology differs from personal care on a fundamental level. It does not require the ongoing cooperation or coordination of other people and therefore increases the sense of independence with which a disabled individual can meet their long-term care needs. Results indicate that older individuals can expect to spend most of their remaining years in good functional health, but up to two-thirds of disabled years will be spent with unmet ADL needs. Among those who are disabled, those who use only equipment and no personal care report less residual difficulty with mobility than those who use personal assistance (either alone or in combination with equipment) but the use of equipment alone is most effective for those with the least severe limitations.
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- E M Agree
- Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Policy makers and scientists are increasingly concerned with the use of formal care services by the elderly. This article demonstrates that there are three different care systems: the informal, the commercial and the formal (public) system. In terms of prevalence, the formal system is the least important one. By means of a cross-sectional sample of the elderly population of Antwerp, an Andersen model is estimated to explain the use of formal services. This model shows that the level of functional capacity of the elderly is a crucial factor. Yet, the effect this has on the use of care varies according to the different living arrangements. "Need" as such, therefore, does not determine the use of formal services, since its effect is modified by the different alternatives that are at the disposal of the elderly person (living arrangements, informal care, income, availability of commercial alternatives). In the conclusion it is argued that the Andersen model, in a cross-sectional design, is inadequate to construct a theory concerning the use of care services.
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- University of Antwerp (Ufsia), Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Belgium
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