Young HM, McCormick WM, Vitaliano PP. Attitudes toward community-based services among Japanese American families.
THE GERONTOLOGIST 2002;
42:814-25. [PMID:
12451163 DOI:
10.1093/geront/42.6.814]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
This descriptive study explored attitudes toward community-based long-term care services and factors influencing service utilization among Japanese American families.
DESIGN AND METHODS
Using grounded theory methodology, the Japanese American sample included 26 family caregivers, 4 persons receiving care, and 14 professional providers (n = 44).
RESULTS
Attitudes toward services were identified along six dimensions: ability to meet care needs, autonomy in daily life, quality of care and staff, cost, emotional connotations, and social and physical environment. Participants used formal services in a dynamic manner, meeting both episodic and chronic needs. Families played an active role in sustaining and augmenting the caregiving situation, regardless of living arrangement.
IMPLICATIONS
This research highlights the range of criteria included in attitude formation about services and the dynamic nature of the interplay between families and formal services.
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