INFORMAL SUPPORT AND THE USE OF FORMAL SERVICES BY OLDER AMERICANS
INFORMAL SUPPORT AND THE USE OF FORMAL SERVICES BY OLDER AMERICANS
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DOI：
10.1093/geronj/49.1.s25
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发表时间：
1994-01-01
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通讯作者：
SPITZE, G
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作者：
LOGAN, JR;SPITZE, G
老年人使用正式服务的情况是在东北部一个中等规模的大都市区进行研究的，主要侧重于正式服务使用和非正式帮助之间的关系。大多数服务只有一小部分老年人使用。有一些证据表明补偿过程(家庭支持取代正式护理)和搭桥(非正式网络帮助老年人与服务联系起来)。服务使用者的部分区别在于他们更大的功能残疾。一些服务的使用受到社交能力和年龄认同等倾向指标的影响。促成因素，如服务的可获得性或被答复者的可获得性，影响很小。
Older persons' use of formal services was studied in the context of one medium-sized metropolitan area in the Northeast, with a principal focus on the relation between formal service use and informal help. Most services are used by only a minority of older persons. There is some evidence of both compensatory processes (where family support substitutes for formal care) and bridging (where the informal network helps link the older person to services). Service users are distinguished partly by their greater functional disability. Use of some services is affected by indicators of predisposition, such as sociability and age identity. Enabling factors, such as availability of services or their accessibility by the respondent, have little effect.