The Role of Local Government in the Provision of Social Services in the Third Age. Case Study: The Municipality of Volos

Athanasia Papadimitriou, Charalampos Platis and Emmanouil Zoulias ()
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Athanasia Papadimitriou: Open University of Greece
Charalampos Platis: Open University of Greece
Emmanouil Zoulias: National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government

A chapter in Strategic Innovative Marketing, 2017, pp 165-170 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The aim of the current study is the definition of quality of life on aging population, specifically, the users of Help at Home social program at Volos’ Local Authority. An attempt has been made to compare users of Help at Home program with those who did not participate in the program. The studied sample consisted of 100 cases that were benefited, whereas the other 100 were not. The collection of data was carried out from December 2015 to April 2016 through a questionnaire which included demographic, social, financial (socioeconomic) features as well as the EQ-5D questionnaire. Data processing of demographic features shows great influence between ischemic heart disease (p = 0.269) and accident falls (p = 0.353). Regarding the analysis of the second studied sample, the statistical significant tests results are sex (p = 0.300), education (p = 0.287), and family functioning (p = −0.206) are the key factors of the perceived quality of life status whereas the diagnosed diseases exercising a negative impact on this specific studied sample are joint diseases (p = −0.307), ischemic heart disease (p = −0.203), and hypertensive disease (p = −0.203). The influence of all the self-reported features about health status is largely related to anxiety/depression level with the higher negative effect (p = −0.647) and less to the mobility level (p = −0.303). Thus, the perceived quality of life status between the two studied samples does not display a significant difference.

Keywords: Aging people; Quality of life; Help at home; EQ-5D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56288-9_23

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