Day care centre attendance and quality of life in depressed older adults living in the community

Bilotta, Claudio; Bergamaschini, Luigi; Spreafico, S.; Vergani, Carlo

doi:10.1007/s10433-010-0138-4

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“…This can be because quality of life is mostly influenced by self-assessments of health and economic status; thus the frequency and duration of use of day care centres have no effect on the quality of life of its users. However, this is in contrast to findings from a recent Italian study (Bilotta et al 2010) that greater weekly attendance at day care centres was related to a better quality of life among older patients suffering from depression. One possible explanation for these findings is that because the day care centres in Israel operate according to the social model, they do not provide health and rehabilitation services.…”

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“…This type of service is aimed to sustain and preserve the functioning of frail older people, allowing them to age in place and meet some of their long-term care needs (Anetzberger 2002; Krout 1995). It is believed that attendance at adult day care centres can promote older adults' quality of life (Bilotta et al 2010). Quality of life among older people has become a major focus for research and a driver of social policy.…”

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“…A study conducted in India (Jacob et al 2007) found that participation in adult day care improved the quality of life of rural older adults. An Italian study (Bilotta et al 2010) found that a greater frequency of weekly attendance at day care centres improved the quality of life of older adults suffering from depression. Another study conducted in the United States of America (USA) (Schmitt et al 2010) found that users of day care health centres reported higher levels of two domains of health-related quality of life: physical and emotional, compared to their counterparts who did not use this type of service.…”

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Quality of life among disabled older adults without cognitive impairment and its relation to attendance in day care centres

Iecovich

Biderman

2012

Ageing and Society

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Day care centres intend to improve the quality of life of disabled older adults. The aims of the paper are to: (a) examine the extent to which users of day care centres experience higher levels of quality of life compared to their peers who are non-users; and (b) to explore the relationships between the length of use and frequency of weekly attendance at day care centres and quality of life. This is a case-control study with a sample of 817 respondents, of whom 417 were users of day care centres and 400 were non-users, matched by age, gender and family physician. The study was conducted in 12 day care centres in the southern region of Israel. Data collection included face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Quality of life was found to be significantly related to the use of day care centres, but length and frequency of attendance were insignificant in explaining quality of life among users of day care centres. The study demonstrated that users of day care centres have a higher quality of life, but in a cross-sectional study we cannot prove causality. Therefore, more research using quasi-experimental and longitudinal research designs is necessary to assess causality between use and attendance at day care centres on users' quality of life.

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Quality of life among disabled older adults without cognitive impairment and its relation to attendance in day care centres

Iecovich

Biderman

2012

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“…Therefore, the results of our study point to the need of a timely diagnosis and an effective treatment of depression in older people living alone in order to improve their QOL. In older people suffering from depression without cognitive impairment it has been recently demonstrated that a higher weekly attendance of a generic daily care centre, where social participation and companionship are usually promoted alongside the provision of physical exercise and educational therapy, is associated with a better QOL independent of living conditions, functional status and severity of depression (Bilotta et al. 2010a).…”

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Quality of life in older outpatients living alone in the community in Italy

Bilotta

Bowling

Nicolini

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Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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There is limited knowledge on the relationship between the living conditions of community-dwelling older people and their quality of life (QOL) considered in all its specific domains. The purpose of this study was to determine (1) which dimensions of QOL were independently associated with living alone and (2) the independent correlates of these dimensions of QOL amongst older outpatients. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 239 community-dwelling outpatients aged 65+ (mean age 81.5 years) consecutively referred to a geriatric medicine clinic in Italy between June and November 2009 (response rate 93%). Subjects underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment including QOL, which was evaluated by using the Older People's QOL questionnaire. In multivariate logistic regression analyses, living alone was associated with the lowest score-based tertile of two specific dimensions of QOL out of seven, namely 'social relationships and participation' [odds ratio (OR) 2.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08-6.91] and 'home and neighbourhood' (OR 4.96, 95% CI 1.75-14.07), independently of the main demographic, social, functional and clinical characteristics of the subjects. Amongst the 107 subjects living alone, independent correlates of these dimensions of QOL were depression, having no caregiver and having never been married. Depression, having no caregiver and having never been married could provide a valuable means of identifying older people living alone who are at greater risk of a poor QOL and who would most benefit from effective social and medical interventions.

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“…Two of the articles seem to be immediate responses to the points that we concluded need more attention: they are from authors in South Europe (Bilotta et al 2010;Sousa et al 2010). One of these is based on qualitative methods and is moreover innovative in that it addresses a common issue of life which has received very little attention from researchers so far: the inheritance process (Sousa et al 2010).…”

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