Older women in southwestern Ohio long-term care needs and resources

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Caring too much? Cultural lag in African Americans\u27 perceptions of filial responsibilities

This paper explores African Americans\u27 ideas about filial obligations. The findings are based on focus groups with eight different age-homogeneous groups. Although all age groups expressed strong commitment to filial obligations, they differed in their ability to recognize and accept constraints on family care. This variation was clearly related to cohort differences and participants\u27 own experiences as caregivers or care receivers. Viewing our data through the lens of Clark and Anderson\u27s (1965) adaptation model that distinguishes between adaptation, which is always positive, and adjustment, which may be negative, we found that younger cohorts\u27 unbending idealism may lead to maladaptive behaviors should they be called upon suddenly and without preparation to assume the role of primary caregivers. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers

What we didn\u27t learn because of who would not talk to us

Qualitative researchers relish the knowledge derived from multiple perspectives. They pride themselves on capturing the complexity of their informants\u27 experiences, they savor their ways of describing them, and they build models grounded in their narratives. Seldom do qualitative researchers ponder how their models might be different if those who refused to participate had talked to them. This article discusses sampling problems the authors encountered in a study of African American elders\u27 long-term care choices and preferences. They conducted 60 qualitative interviews with elders and caregivers of elders receiving one of three types of care: kin care, formal services, or nursing home care. Gatekeeper bias, refusals to participate, sampling frame, pragmatic constraints, and institutional barriers were major sources of sampling bias

If You Ask Them, They Will Support: A National Study of Local Initiatives Developed to Provide Social Care to Older Adults in the Community

Objectives: Some communities across the nation are utilizing alternative funding sources to better support home and community-based services for older adults. Methods: A variety of methods identified local initiatives across the United States. An online survey was distributed to a total of 377 communities in 15 states identified as using locally raised funds to provide aging services, yielding a 55% response rate. Results: Total funding from programs generated almost 400 million dollars annually with funding ranging from $8000-$47 million. Commonly provided services with local funds include home-delivered and congregate meals, transportation, and homemaker services with provision varying by the size of the levy initiative. Additionally, six in 10 initiatives reported local funds being used to provide at least one family or friend caregiver service. Conclusion: Locally-funded initiatives fill a gap in long-term services needs for older adults, yet policy concerns regarding potential inequities across states and communities warrant attention. </jats:sec

sj-docx-2-jag-10.1177_07334648221090945 – Supplemental material for If You Ask Them, They Will Support: A National Study of Local Initiatives Developed to Provide Social Care to Older Adults in the Community

Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-jag-10.1177_07334648221090945 for If You Ask Them, They Will Support: A National Study of Local Initiatives Developed to Provide Social Care to Older Adults in the Community by Athena Koumoutzis, Jennifer Heston-Mullins, Pamela S. Mayberry and Robert Applebaum in Journal of Applied Gerontology</p

sj-docx-1-jag-10.1177_07334648221090945 – Supplemental material for If You Ask Them, They Will Support: A National Study of Local Initiatives Developed to Provide Social Care to Older Adults in the Community

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jag-10.1177_07334648221090945 for If You Ask Them, They Will Support: A National Study of Local Initiatives Developed to Provide Social Care to Older Adults in the Community by Athena Koumoutzis, Jennifer Heston-Mullins, Pamela S. Mayberry and Robert Applebaum in Journal of Applied Gerontology</p

Local Initiatives to Fund Services for Older Americans: Community Recognition of the Importance of Social Care

Despite the growing proportion of older adults in the United States, federal and state funding for nonmedical supportive services remains limited. To meet increasing demand, some communities across the nation are exploring alternative funding sources for aging services. Although no systematic database exists to track such local programs, through an array of data sources including a national survey, telephone contacts, and a web review, we identified 15 states that are using local funding to support aging services. Communities are using a variety of local revenue streams, such as property tax levies, payroll, and sales taxes to provide services for older adults and/or their family or friend caregivers. There are considerable differences in community approaches including the following: amount of revenue generated, service eligibility criterion, type of services covered, and management infrastructure. Critical policy questions surrounding equity issues within and across states are raised as communities create these alternative funding mechanisms. </jats:p