Showing papers in "Gerontologist in 1987"
TL;DR: The data suggest that caregivers as well as care recipients are a vulnerable group since one-third are over age 65, report incomes in the poor to near-poor category and describe health status as fair or poor.
Abstract: An examination of data from the 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey reveals that informal caregivers to the disabled elderly are predominantly female and that three-quarters of them live with the care recipient. The data suggest that caregivers as well as care recipients are a vulnerable group since one-third are over age 65, report incomes in the poor to near-poor category and describe t eir health status as fair or poor. Less than 10 percent of the caregivers purchase services. There also is evidence of competing familial and employment demands among a subgroup of caregivers.
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TL;DR: There are 2 groups who do not follow the same migration pattern despite facing similar social pressures to make the 3 basic moves: those moving between metropolitan and non-metropolitan places and migrants from abroad who join their families.
Abstract: The elderly tend to make 3 kinds of moves when they migrate: 1) When they retire 2) When they experience moderate forms of disability and 3) when they have major forms of chronic disability. In the 1st type of move the migrants support needs do not require nearness of kin. These migrants tend to be younger healthier wealthier and more often have intact marriages than migrants in the counter streams. The 2nd type of move is typically compounded when deficits from widowhood and disability are combined. They generally move nearer to their children. Older persons moving to retirement destinations like Florida should typify the 1st move whereas those moving from Florida to northern urban areas should typify the 2nd and 3rd moves. Those moving from northern states to Florida tend to be younger than those moving from Florida to northern states. 15.5% of those moving to Florida are over 75 years old whereas 40.6% of those moving north from Florida are over 75. 47.8% of those moving north are widowed but only 17% of those moving to Florida are widowed. Limited kin resources is the motive for the 3rd move. Most 3rd-stage moves are local rather than long distance. There are 2 groups who do not follow the same migration pattern despite facing similar social pressures to make the 3 basic moves: 1) those moving between metropolitan and non-metropolitan places and 2) migrants from abroad who join their families. Migrants from abroad tend to live with their children more and live independently less frequently than any of the migration comparison groups. They also have the highest proportion of persons receiving welfare income.
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TL;DR: Children who had visited infirm elders in a nursing home setting once a week for one full year were compared to a group of 30 children without this contact, finding the visits to be of great and long-lasting benefit to children and elders.
Abstract: The Cerontological Society of America Attitudes toward the elderly of 30 fourand five-year-old children who had visited infirm elders in a nursing home setting once a week for one full year were compared to a group of 30 children without this contact. After the visits preschoolers held more negative attitudes toward their own aging and the elderly. The day care and nursing home staffs, however, believed the visits to be of great and long-lasting benefit to children and elders.
TL;DR: People age 65 and older comprise 11% of the U.S. population, yet at any given time, they occupy 40% of acute care hospital beds, and the majority of this elderly population has Medicare coverage.
Abstract: People age 65 and older comprise 11% of the U.S. population, yet at any given time, they occupy 40% of acute care hospital beds (National Center for Health Statistics, 1985). The majority of this elderly population has Medicare coverage. Anderson and Steinberg (1984) reported that between 1974 and 1977, 22% of Medicare hospitalizations were followed by readmissions within 60 days of discharge. More than 5% of these readmissions occurred within 5 days of discharge.
TL;DR: Data demonstrated that women who reported greater role strain had poorer quality mother-daughter relationships and their mothers had lower psychological well-being, suggesting that social policies and programs which relieve the role strain experienced by adult daughters may be of particular benefit to older adults.
Abstract: A role theory perspective is utilized to examine how women's competing obligations and conflicting filial norms can affect their relationships with their elderly mothers. Data from 40 middle-aged women and 24 of their mothers demonstrated that women who reported greater role strain had poorer quality mother-daughter relationships (from the perspective of both daughter and mother) and their mothers had lower psychological well-being. These results suggest that social policies and programs which relieve the role strain experienced by adult daughters may be of particular benefit ?or older adults.
TL;DR: Reviewed were prospective and cross-sectional studies in which utilization was estimated, along with factors identified that influence long-termcareutilization such as age, sex, availability of caregivers, and functional status.
Abstract: 7987by Estimatesof institutionalcare utilization by theelderly rangefrom 4 to 63%, dependingon TheGerontologicaJ Society ofAmerica whichdefinitionof institutionalcare isused,the sampleselected,andthe studydesign. Reviewed were prospective and cross-sectional studies in which utilization was estimated, along withstudiesin whichfactorswere identifiedthat influencelong-termcareutilization suchas age,sex,availabilityof caregivers, andfunctionalstatus.
TL;DR: Three independent dimensions of network evolution were identified and the patterns of change varied across middle-class status groups, but the members of each group tended to have reversed their middle-aged friendship patterns.
Abstract: Old age is a period during which people have an opportunity to alter their friendship patterns. The data were in-depth interviews and observations of white, non-married, elderly women who lived in a middle-class suburb in 1981 and mail questionnaires and telephone interviews with 42 of the same women in 1984. Three independent dimensions of network evolution were identified. The patterns of change on these dimensions varied across middle-class status groups, but the members of each group tended to have reversed their middle-aged friendship patterns.