Determining the amount of help used by disabled elderly persons at home: the role of coping resources.
Determining the amount of help used by disabled elderly persons at home: the role of coping resources.
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确定残疾老年人在家中使用的帮助量：应对资源的作用。
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/52b.6.s317
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发表时间：
1997
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Hu,J
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作者：
Boaz,RF;Hu,J
本研究的目的是量化的影响，应对资源的金额（小时）的帮助残疾老人在他们的家。该研究结果基于1989年全国长期护理调查。帮助时间的分布非常不平衡，反映了身体和认知功能限制的不平衡。控制这些限制，最重要的应对资源是帮助者的组合，他们联合起来，与帮助者共处。帮助者网络的影响很大，并且在婚姻状况和生活安排方面是一致的。已婚者的网络比未婚者的网络更广泛。关于只依赖非亲属的人：（a）配偶和子女网络使已婚者每周额外获得40小时的帮助，（B）子女和其他人网络使未婚者如果与其他成年人同住，每周额外获得29小时的帮助，如果不同住，每周额外获得10小时的帮助。公共政策关注的问题是，这种家庭网络是否会得到保留，如果不能，如何获得资金，在社区提供足够的有偿帮助。
The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of coping resources on the amount (hours) of help used by disabled elderly persons in their home. The findings are based on the 1989 National Long-Term Care Survey. The distribution of help-hours is very skewed, mirroring the skewness of limitations in physical and cognitive functioning. Controlling for these limitations, the most important coping resources are the combinations of helpers who join forces, and coresidence with a helper. The effect of helpers' networks is large and consistent across marital status and living arrangements. The networks are more extensive for married than for unmarried persons. In reference to persons who rely only on nonrelatives: (a) a network of a spouse and children enables a married person to have 40 additional weekly hours of help, (b) a network of children and others enables an unmarried person to have 29 additional help-hours per week if he/she coresides with other adults and 10 additional weekly help-hours if he/she does not. The issue of concern for public policy is whether such family networks will be preserved and, if not, how to obtain the funds for the alternative of sufficient paid help in the community.