TY - JOUR
T1 - Attendance in adult day care centers of cognitively intact older persons
T2 - Reasons for use and nonuse
AU - Iecovich, Esther
AU - Biderman, Aya
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - The article aims to (a) examine the reasons for nonuse of ADCC, and (b) explore the reasons for use of adult day care centers (ADCCs) among users. The sample includes 819 respondents of whom 417 are users of 13 day care centers and 402 are nonusers, matched by age, gender, and family physician in the southern region of Israel. Data collection includes interviews that used a structured questionnaire. The most frequent reasons for nonuse of ADCCs are accessibility barriers, characteristics of participants and of the ADCCs, "no need for this service," and personal difficulties. Those who use this service report that it improved their well-being, met their needs, enabled them to establish social relationships, and alleviated their family caregivers' burden. ADCCs should be more responsive to the needs of various constituencies of frail older adults and be more accessible to those who do not use this type of service.
AB - The article aims to (a) examine the reasons for nonuse of ADCC, and (b) explore the reasons for use of adult day care centers (ADCCs) among users. The sample includes 819 respondents of whom 417 are users of 13 day care centers and 402 are nonusers, matched by age, gender, and family physician in the southern region of Israel. Data collection includes interviews that used a structured questionnaire. The most frequent reasons for nonuse of ADCCs are accessibility barriers, characteristics of participants and of the ADCCs, "no need for this service," and personal difficulties. Those who use this service report that it improved their well-being, met their needs, enabled them to establish social relationships, and alleviated their family caregivers' burden. ADCCs should be more responsive to the needs of various constituencies of frail older adults and be more accessible to those who do not use this type of service.
KW - frails
KW - reasons
KW - utilization of service
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U2 - 10.1177/0733464811432141
DO - 10.1177/0733464811432141
M3 - Article
C2 - 25474762
AN - SCOPUS:84882240231
SN - 0733-4648
VL - 32
SP - 561
EP - 581
JO - Journal of Applied Gerontology
JF - Journal of Applied Gerontology
IS - 5
ER -