Mexican American elders' use of home care services

Janice D. Crist; Suk Sun Kim; Alice Pasvogel; José H. Velázquez

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2007.03.002

Mexican American elders' use of home care services

Janice D. Crist
, Suk Sun Kim
, Alice Pasvogel
, José H. Velázquez

College of Nursing

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Abstract

Mexican American (MA) elders are more functionally impaired at younger ages than other elders yet use home care services (HCS) less. To determine the possible reasons, nine questionnaires were completed in Spanish or English by MA elders and caregivers living in southern Arizona (N = 280). Contextual, personal, and attitudinal factors were significantly associated with the use of HCS, and cultural/ethnic factors were significantly associated with confidence in HCS. Interventions should be designed and tested to increase the use of HCS by MA elders by increasing service awareness and confidence in HCS while preserving the expectations of familism and reducing caregiving burden.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	26-34
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Nursing Research
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2007.03.002
State	Published - Feb 2009

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