Differences Between Users and Nonusers of Day Care Centers Among Frail Older Persons in Israel

Iecovich, Esther; Carmel, Sara

doi:10.1177/0733464810372771

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“…Varying levels of social support outside day centres were reported in five studies (Del Aguila, Cox and Lee 2006, Fulbright 2010, Iecovich and Carmel 2011, Chaichanawirote and Higgins 2013, Wittich, Murphy and Mulrooney 2014). Having an inadequate informal network was one of two factors found to contribute to the decision to apply for a day centre place (Del Aguila, Cox and Lee 2006).…”

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Day centres for older people: a systematically conducted scoping review of literature about their benefits, purposes and how they are perceived

2018

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With a policy shift towards personalisation of adult social care in England, much attention has focused on individualised support for older people with care needs. This article reports the findings of a scoping review of United Kingdom (UK) and non-UK literature, published in English from 2005-2017, about day centres for older people without dementia and highlights the gaps in evidence. This review, undertaken to inform new empirical research, covered the perceptions, benefits and purposes of day centres. Searches, undertaken in October/November 2014 and updated in August 2017, of electronic databases, libraries, websites, research repositories and journals, identified seventy-seven relevant papers, mostly non-UK. Day centres were found to play a variety of roles for individuals and in care systems. The largest body of evidence concerned social and preventive outcomes. Centre attendance and participation in interventions within them impacted positively on older people’s mental health, social contacts, physical function and quality of life. Evidence about outcomes is mainly non-UK. Day centres for older people without dementia are under-researched generally, particularly in the UK. In addition to not being studied as whole services, there are considerable evidence gaps about how day centres are perceived, their outcomes, what they offer, to whom and their wider stakeholders, including family carers, volunteers, staff and professionals who are funding, recommending or referring older people to them.

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Day centres for older people: a systematically conducted scoping review of literature about their benefits, purposes and how they are perceived

2018

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“…Similarly, a large amount of literature has been devoted to the determinants of senior center attendance [28,29] and some studies have reported female seniors to use these centers more often than male seniors [7,30], while others have found no significant relationship between gender and senior center attendance [31,32].…”

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Physical activity benefits of attending a senior center depend largely on age and gender: a study using GPS and accelerometry data

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Background: Senior centers offer important opportunities for physical activity and social interaction. Seniors who visit a senior center regularly can gain physical activity from transportation and from specific activities offered within the senior center. However, there is very little knowledge regarding the specific physical activity gains obtained from regular visits to senior centers, and no effort has been made to use device-based measures of physical activity to test the potential physical activity benefits of attending a senior center. Methods: To fill this gap, the present study examined the physical activity patterns of 227 seniors living in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area in Spain. Using GPS and Accelerometer 7-day tracking data, and GIS measures we assessed the light physical activity and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) benefits of attending the senior center on a weekly and daily basis. Results: Seniors who attended a senior center at least once a week did not accumulate significantly more daily physical activity (211.6 min; 95% CI 196.6; 226.6) than seniors without any visit 215.9 min; 95% CI 202.7; 229). However, on a day-to-day basis, it was found that visiting a senior center had positive effects in physical activity and was associated with less sedentary time among younger participants in general (− 18.2 daily min 95% CI − 33.2;-3.3 p = 0.016) and among older female participants in particular (− 19.7 daily min 95% CI -21.06;-18.5 p = 0.011). Conclusions: The benefits of attending senior centers in terms of physical activity should not be viewed as universal, but rather as contingent to the demographics of the user, and the type of activity that the visit is replacing.

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“…Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use (ABM) is widely used in studies on health service utilization. 20-30 It provides a framework for describing and understanding individuals’ decision to use health care services. We consider the dependent variables in this study, contracted with GP services and willingness to contract, as health care utilization, which is similar to other published studies.…”

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Factors Influencing Residents’ Willingness to Contract With General Practitioners in Guangzhou, China, During the GP Policy Trial Phase: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use

Liu

Tan

et al. 2019

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This study aimed to investigate the current contract rate and residents’ willingness to contract with general practitioner (GP) services in Guangzhou, China, during the policy trial phase, and also to explore the association of behavior contract and contract willingness with variables based on Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use (ABM). In total, 160 residents from community health centers (CHCs) and 202 residents from hospitals were recruited in this study. The outcome variables were behavior contract and contract willingness. Based on the framework of ABM, independent variables were categorized as predisposing factors, enabling factors, need factors, and CHC service utilization experiences. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis models were applied to explore the associated factors. Out of 362 participants, 14.4% had contracted with GP services. For those who had not contracted with GP services, only 16.4% (51 out of 310) claimed they were willing to do so. The contract rate for community-based participants was significantly higher than that for hospital-based participants. Major reasons for not choosing to contract were perceiving no benefit from the service and concerns about the quality of CHCs. Community health center experiences and satisfaction were significantly associated with contracting among hospital-based participants. A need factor (diagnosed with hypertension or diabetes) and CHC service utilization experiences (have gotten services from the same doctor in CHCs) were significantly associated with contract willingness among CHC-based participants. Intervention to improve awareness of GP services may help to promote this service. Different intervention strategies should be used for varying resident populations.

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Differences Between Users and Nonusers of Day Care Centers Among Frail Older Persons in Israel

Cited by 18 publications

References 48 publications

Day centres for older people: a systematically conducted scoping review of literature about their benefits, purposes and how they are perceived

Day centres for older people: a systematically conducted scoping review of literature about their benefits, purposes and how they are perceived

Physical activity benefits of attending a senior center depend largely on age and gender: a study using GPS and accelerometry data

Factors Influencing Residents’ Willingness to Contract With General Practitioners in Guangzhou, China, During the GP Policy Trial Phase: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use

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