Factors Affecting the Use of Social and Health Services Among the Elderly

1981 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas T. H. Wan ◽  
Barbara Gill Odell
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Planned Change ◽  
Physician Services ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Andersen Model ◽  
Factors Influencing

ABSTRACTThis study has systematically examined the use of health and social services among non-institutionalized elderly people according to the Andersen model which groups factors influencing use into predisposing, enabling and need variables. Need for service as evidenced by physical and psychological functioning was the most important predictor of use of physician services and hospitalization. Predisposing factors had the most effect on use of dental services. On the other hand, knowledge of services, an enabling factor, was most relevant to use of social services. Since this factor is manipulable to planned change, several program strategies were suggested for increasing awareness of social services particularly among the impaired elderly.

scholarly journals Family Care, Social Services, and Living Arrangements Factors Influencing Psychosocial Well-Being of Elderly from Selected Households in Ibadan, Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Oladeji
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Ibadan Nigeria

This study examined family care, social services, and living arrangements factors influencing the psychosocial well-being of the elderly from selected households in Ibadan, Nigeria. The participants for the study consisted of 280 elderly persons randomly drawn from selected households in five local government areas of Ibadan metropolis. A descriptive survey design was employed in collecting the data from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using chi-square () statistics. Results obtained indicated that significant relationships existed between family care (, df = 12, ), social services (, df = 12, ), and living arrangements (, df = 6, ) and psychosocial well-being of elderly. The results implicate the need for the framework on the complex system of the elderly services. These areas of service include economic services, attitudes toward aging, roles played by the elderly, and health care services.

scholarly journals The Psychogeriatric Panel: A Health and Social Services Partnership

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
B. Warwick Durrant
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Social Services ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Multiprofessional Team ◽  
Health And Social Services

Any service designed to meet the needs of the elderly must necessarily embrace a wide diversity of personnel and facilities. Not only is a multiprofessional team imperative, but such resources as are available—whether in the Health Service or personal Social Services—must be used in the full.

Patterns of Health and Social Services Utilization

1989 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Béland
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Social Services ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Services Utilization ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Two Samples

ABSTRACTUtilization of an array of health and social services from formal and informal sources is studied here 1) to identify profiles of services utilization and 2) to predict the location of elderly in these profiles by a set of independent variables such as the sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly, their physical and mental health status and the density of their social support network. Two samples of non-institutionalized elderly living in two middle-sized towns were drawn from the universal old-age Canadian pension scheme. Their utilization of hospital, medical and pharmaceutical services was assessed, and their use of services for help with adivities of daily living was measured by a set of six indicators. A cluster analysis was run to identify profites of services utilization, and a discriminant analysis used the profiles as the criterion to be predicted by a set of variables. Five profiles of utilization were obtained; four of them identified elderly with very few experiences of services utilization and a fifth, a low number of elderly with utilization of all of the services listed in this study. Most of the elderly were users of a small subset of medical and social services. The location of elderly in the profiles was predicted by physical health status, coresidence and income. These results show that health and social services from both formal and informal sources are utilized by elderly. It is suggested that new types of formal agencies which consider the simultaneous delivery of social and health services will succeed inasmuch as they have the ability to interact with a system of informal care.

Toward a Continuum of Services for the Elderly

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Robert Morris
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Human Service Agencies ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Service Agencies ◽  
The Continuum

Examines the existing system of providing health and social services to America's elderly population and concludes that in the next few decades, much will have to be done to smooth out the continuum of services provided to this ever increasing group. He suggests five alternative approaches to achieve this goal: (1) deprofessionalization of some tasks in human service agencies, (2) alteration of the existing service mechanisms and systems, (3) major reconstruction of the existing system, (4) better preparation for retirement, and (5) improving the linkage between professionals and between agencies.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Elderly in Performing Social Services: A Case Study on the Elderly not Possessing a Volunteer Card

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Kuo-Yu Peng ◽  
Hsiu-Li Liao
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Service ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Participation Motivation ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Will ◽  
Private Donations

Abstract The objective of this study is to discuss among those over 65 years old who do not have a volunteer card and are not registered with the local social service bureaus in Taiwan the motivational factors affecting their participation in social services. This study constructs its subject from the theory of motivation, with the aim to understand the satisfaction level of the elderly in social participation. The research findings are: (1) The will of an individual and the ability the person possesses can perpetuate the value of their social existence; (2) Influenced by fate and opportunity, the elderly are motivated to devote effort to search for social balance and regain a focus and role in life that will give them satisfaction; (3) The elderly enjoy serving the community by quietly doing good deeds and making private donations; (4) For the elderly overwhelmed by the fear of the unknown after retirement, their sense of loss changes after adapting to social services and interpersonal relationships; and (5) The elderly enjoy being able to seamlessly connect and find the beginning to another beautiful stage of life. These findings will provide references for social service-related practices for the elderly and follow-up studies. JEL classification numbers: L31, J14, J32. Keywords: Social service, Elderly, Participation motivation.

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