Journal article
Social determinants of older adults’ awareness of community support services in Hamilton, Ontario
Abstract
Community support services (CSSs) have been developed in Canada and other Western nations to enable persons coping with health or social issues to continue to live in the community. This study addresses the extent to which awareness of CSSs is structured by the social determinants of health. In a telephone interview conducted in February-March 2006, 1152 community-dwelling older adults (response rate 12.4%) from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada were …
Authors
Tindale J; Denton M; Ploeg J; Lillie J; Hutchison B; Brazil K; Akhtar‐Danesh N; Plenderleith J
Journal
Health & Social Care in the Community, Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 661–672
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
November 2011
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01013.x
ISSN
0966-0410