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The Relationship between Attitudes towards Care and Care Preferences of Elderly Community Residents in the Netherlands*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Gina Wielink  and
Robbert Huijsman
Gina Wielink
Affiliation:
University of Nijmegen
Robbert Huijsman
Affiliation:
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Abstract

This study examined the attitudes of independently living older persons aged 65 and over towards informal and formal care on the basis of an eight-item scale “receptivity towards informal support”. Further, the relationship between these attitudes and the preferences for care arrangements in various (hypothetical) care-need situations differing in type of care needed and the expected duration is investigated. Beyond the previous experience with receiving care, and individual and social characteristics of older persons, the attitudes towards care showed themselves to be a strong predictor of the care preferences of older people. The authorities might use the attitude towards care as a steering instrument for altering older persons' preferences for and use of services in the long term.

Résumé

A l'aide de huit critères mesurant la «réceptivité au soutien informel,» cette étude examine les attitudes de personnes âgées de 65 ans et plus, vivant de façon autonome, par rapport aux soins formels et informels. Ces travaux examinent de plus la relation entre ces attitudes et les préférences quant à la panoplie de soins dans diverses situations (hypothétiques) où les soins nécessaires différent quant à leur nature et leur durée prévue. Au-delà de l'expérience de la personne âgée quant aux soins antérieurement reçus, de ses caractéristiques individuelles et sociales, les attitudes envers les soins s'avèrent être en eux-mêmes un puissant indicateur des préférences des personnes âgées en matière de soins. Les décideurs peuvent utiliser cette attitude envers les soins comme instrument permettant de guider à long terme les préférences et le recours des personnes âgées à ces services de soins.

Keywords

AttitudesInformal/Formal ArrangementsPreferences.Comportementspanoplie de soins institutionnels/non-institutionnelspréférences.
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , Hiver/Winter 1999 , pp. 493 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1999

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