2021
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-021-02069-1
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Social factors influencing utilization of home care in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review

Abstract: Background Older adults want to live at home as long as possible, even in the face of circumstances that limit their autonomy. Home care services reflect this emergent preference, allowing older adults to ‘age in place’ in familiar settings rather than receiving care for chronic health conditions or ageing needs in an institutionalized setting. Numerous social factors, generally studied in isolation, have been associated with home care utilization. Even so, social circumstances are complex and … Show more

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“…Understanding such an influence can be important because, in the last decade, we have witnessed the tendency of European families (at the micro-level) to increase in-home care for the most vulnerable older people, in order to ensure a better quality of assistance and to reduce the costs of institutionalization [64]. This trend is mirrored at the macro-level by the EU policy agenda (especially the European Pillar of Social Rights) [65], which considers community care as a priority in the formal health care sector in the last few years and home-based care as a practical measure to contain the costs of services and address older people's preferences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Understanding such an influence can be important because, in the last decade, we have witnessed the tendency of European families (at the micro-level) to increase in-home care for the most vulnerable older people, in order to ensure a better quality of assistance and to reduce the costs of institutionalization [64]. This trend is mirrored at the macro-level by the EU policy agenda (especially the European Pillar of Social Rights) [65], which considers community care as a priority in the formal health care sector in the last few years and home-based care as a practical measure to contain the costs of services and address older people's preferences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, we present the data as a narrative synthesis. The narrative review is complemented with visualisation of the results as a harvest plot using vote counting based on direction of effect and significance level (Crowther et al, 2011;Mah et al, 2021).…”
Section: Data Extraction and Synthesismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…18 In the South Asian cultural context, home is the preferred residential setting. 19 The residential option is considered when there is no family member (or male offspring) or when the complex physical and mental health needs overwhelm the caregivers (respite care or long-term care) or when neglect or abuse by familial caregivers exists. 20 Hence, the conditions of elderly and their outcomes in-home care versus residential care home are not comparable in India.…”
Section: History Of Residential Homes For Older Adults In Indiamentioning
confidence: 99%