Older Adults’ Awareness of Community Health and Support Services for Dementia Care

Jenny Ploeg, Margaret Denton, Joseph Tindale, Brian Hutchison, Kevin Brazil, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Jean Lillie and Jennifer Millen Plenderleith

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: The article examines where older adults seek help in caring for a parent with dementia and the factors associated with their identification of community health and support services as sources of assistance. The authors conducted telephone interviews, using random digit dialing, of 1,152 adults aged 50 and over in the city of Hamilton. Respondents received a vignette that raised issues related to parental dementia. In identifying support sources, over 37 per cent of respondents identified their physician, 33 per cent identified informal support such as family and neighbors, and 31 per cent identified home health services. Only 18 per cent identified community support services. Female participants having higher levels of education were more likely to identify their physician as a source of support. Knowing where to find information about community support services was associated with an increased likelihood of mentioning physicians and home health services as sources of assistance.

Keywords: community support services; awareness; dementia; caregivers; vignette methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2010-06
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