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Attitudes and knowledge of the elderly home health client toward community resources in a rural setting

New Jersey Sudden Infant Death Resource Center St. Peter's Medical Center New Brunswick, New Jersey

A study was conducted using a cross-sectional design to determine the attitudes and knowledge of elderly home health care clients toward community resources. The clients were asked to rank ser vices in degree of importance and to identify the services they were not familiar with. Two hypoth eses were tested: (1) the geriatric population would rank the direct personal care services higher than the indirect services and (2) the clients' needs were met by the existing community services. Statisti cally, the clients ranked direct personal care services similar in importance to indirect services. Cli ents' needs were met; however, issues such as transportation, lack of knowledge of community ser vices, and decreased access to health care were identified. Key words: rural elderly, community services, health care cost/quality, program development

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 6, No. 3, 64-70 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/108482239400600311


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